Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4360 23 Apr 2026, 11:04

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 22:16.175 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.931
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:23.765
And I update APT using apt 5.675
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.243
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.469
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 9.045
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.806
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.312
And persistence is disabled 0.106
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.297
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 9.005
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.297
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.131
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.561
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.469
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.486
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.089
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.202
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
30.704
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 8.174
And the system is very low on memory 3.437
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.172
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.892
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.137
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.461
And I free up some memory 0.944
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.014
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.469
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:37.246
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 8.646
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.625
And all tps features are active 1.554
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.234
When I disable the first tps feature 3.049
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.532
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.032
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.180
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.389
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
13.223
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.596
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I disable the first tps feature 2.561
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.107
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.057
When I enable the first tps feature 2.612
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.439
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 7.603
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.100
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
And I disable the first tps feature 2.593
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.015
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
58.906
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 7.889
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 17.620
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.361
When I write some files expected to persist 1.365
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.110
# 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" 12.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.389
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:22.188
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 8.054
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 17.733
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.134
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.393
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:17.887
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 22.377
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.388
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.059
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.067
Tags: @product
39.126
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.859
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.090
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.922
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:55.998
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 9.139
When I enable persistence 15.237
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.359
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.694
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.294
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.225
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.551
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.793
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.216
When I cold reboot the computer 10.634
And the computer reboots Tails 38.583
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.265
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.276
Given I enable persistence 8.582
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.108
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.341
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.559
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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2:11.235
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 8.871
# 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 28.207
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.793
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.602
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
41.277
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 8.873
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.405
Then persistence is disabled 0.103
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.909
And all notifications have disappeared 8.708
When I delete the persistent partition 2.916
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:24.111
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 8.656
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.083
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.596
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.544
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
45.320
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 8.720
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.068
When I try to enable persistence 1.260
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.007
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.918
And all notifications have disappeared 8.211
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.397
And all tps features are enabled 1.392
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.343
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:6.575
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 31.375
And I enable persistence 20.816
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.006
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.613
And persistence is enabled 1.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.184
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 7.271
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.309
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.287
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 8.378
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.181
When I enable persistence 6.848
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.263
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 8.272
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.819
When I try to enable persistence 1.264
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.782
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.588
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.142
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.082
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 8.197
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.081
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 11.982
And all notifications have disappeared 10.009
# 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" 0.144
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.467
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.198
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.355
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.303
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 7.965
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.299
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.346
When I try to enable persistence 1.155
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.311
When I log in to a new session 11.557
And all notifications have disappeared 9.265
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.558
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000