Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4348 16 Apr 2026, 11:03

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 163 0 0 0 0 163 21 0 21 21:50.159 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.212
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.611
And I update APT using apt 6.170
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.472
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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29.143
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.839
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.944
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.243
And persistence is disabled 0.120
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.368
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.660
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.381
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.116
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.398
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.461
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.505
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.569
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.232
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
29.635
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.721
And the system is very low on memory 3.662
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.201
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.396
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.092
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.454
And I free up some memory 0.889
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.600
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.326
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.528
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.312
And all tps features are active 1.404
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.140
When I disable the first tps feature 2.559
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.378
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.814
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.985
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
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13.753
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.299
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.110
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I disable the first tps feature 2.620
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.039
When I enable the first tps feature 2.427
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.045
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.515
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.872
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
And I disable the first tps feature 2.559
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.882
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:2.613
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.358
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 17.006
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.180
When I write some files expected to persist 1.093
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.083
# XXX: The next step succeeds (and the --debug output confirms that it's actually looking for the files) but will fail in a subsequent scenario restoring the same snapshot. This exactly what we want, but why does it work? What is guestfs's behaviour when qcow2 internal snapshots are involved?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 12.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:26.931
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.682
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 16.914
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.125
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.148
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.753
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 22.648
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.435
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.066
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.096
Tags: @product
39.196
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.188
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.111
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.802
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:52.525
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.198
When I enable persistence 13.946
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.371
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.889
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.291
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.220
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.506
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.968
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.145
When I cold reboot the computer 10.229
And the computer reboots Tails 38.308
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.330
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.215
Given I enable persistence 7.127
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.085
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.410
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.123
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
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2:9.345
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.708
# Note that if anything fails after the passphrase was changed and
# before it's changed back below, subsequent scenarios might fail
# because the Persistent Storage doesn't have the expected passphrase.
When I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage 29.091
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.388
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.437
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.324
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
39.501
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.071
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.850
Then persistence is disabled 0.119
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.550
And all notifications have disappeared 8.250
When I delete the persistent partition 3.275
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.383
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:23.145
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.987
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.073
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.634
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.105
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.344
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
42.710
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.867
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.077
When I try to enable persistence 1.293
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.161
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.772
And all notifications have disappeared 8.345
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.367
And all tps features are enabled 1.537
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:2.798
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 30.488
And I enable persistence 20.605
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.655
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.590
And persistence is enabled 1.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.639
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.412
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.677
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.509
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.255
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.571
When I enable persistence 6.711
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.985
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.633
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.813
When I try to enable persistence 1.264
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.196
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.644
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.184
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.653
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.635
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.170
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.426
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.032
When I log in to a new session 10.153
And all notifications have disappeared 9.274
# Now both WhisperBack and Tor Browser has started at the same
# time, so we do not know which window is focused. The steps about
# Tor Browser care about that, but the ones about WhisperBack do
# not, so we first deal with WhisperBack and then kill it to
# ensure that Tor Browser is focused.
Then WhisperBack is prefilled for fsck with summary: "Failed to repair the file system of your Persistent Storage" 0.202
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.096
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.198
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.407
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.648
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.873
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.015
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.362
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.659
When I log in to a new session 11.422
And all notifications have disappeared 9.624
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.719
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000