Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4351 19 Apr 2026, 11:18

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 25:38.554 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:42.834
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.014
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:24.430
And I update APT using apt 10.733
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.736
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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40.492
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 8.999
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.894
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.306
And persistence is disabled 0.098
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 12.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:1.516
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 logged in 8.590
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.755
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.164
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 34.652
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.425
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.551
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.112
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.193
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
40.263
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 8.049
And the system is very low on memory 12.941
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.906
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.555
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.179
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.408
And I free up some memory 0.845
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.329
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:50.309
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 8.567
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.448
And all tps features are active 1.254
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.086
When I disable the first tps feature 2.617
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.089
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 21.677
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.300
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product
13.525
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 8.027
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I disable the first tps feature 2.649
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.039
When I enable the first tps feature 2.468
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
14.331
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 enabled and logged in 7.988
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.095
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
And I disable the first tps feature 3.161
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.963
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:0.888
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.177
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 18.307
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.428
When I write some files expected to persist 1.202
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.936
# 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" 12.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:46.889
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.567
And the network is plugged 0.050
And Tor is ready 17.759
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.124
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 21.431
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:16.850
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 42.367
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.466
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.063
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.059
Tags: @product
54.505
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.639
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.236
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 20.306
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 24.323
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:10.772
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.237
When I enable persistence 23.716
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.866
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.265
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.292
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.219
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 5.518
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 28.710
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.251
When I cold reboot the computer 9.463
And the computer reboots Tails 41.182
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.290
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.177
Given I enable persistence 7.408
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.134
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.327
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.542
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
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2:35.361
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.294
# 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 41.959
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.739
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:9.104
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
51.173
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 7.592
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.165
Then persistence is disabled 0.096
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 13.284
And all notifications have disappeared 8.947
When I delete the persistent partition 2.730
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.356
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.405
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.437
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.054
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.257
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.435
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product
50.588
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 8.322
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.229
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.139
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.106
And all notifications have disappeared 7.954
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.930
And all tps features are enabled 1.535
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:18.715
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 36.675
And I enable persistence 28.993
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.629
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.629
And persistence is enabled 1.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.272
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 7.343
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.351
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.473
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 8.190
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 15.476
When I enable persistence 7.026
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.230
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 7.879
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 18.609
When I try to enable persistence 1.274
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.597
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.513
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.166
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.993
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 8.062
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.917
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.203
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 12.701
And all notifications have disappeared 8.637
# 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" 0.194
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.547
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.304
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.352
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
52.008
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 7.626
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 15.697
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.331
When I try to enable persistence 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.083
When I log in to a new session 11.878
And all notifications have disappeared 8.214
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.111
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000