Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4368 30 Apr 2026, 11:07

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 22:13.638 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.533
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.231
And I update APT using apt 6.122
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.260
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
29.821
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 8.879
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.715
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.312
And persistence is disabled 0.132
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:52.586
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 21.633
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.292
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.120
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.702
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.407
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.433
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.757
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.188
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043
Tags: @product
30.311
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.611
And the system is very low on memory 3.678
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.163
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.076
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.093
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.334
And I free up some memory 0.956
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.878
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.734
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 9.037
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.355
And all tps features are active 1.343
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.035
When I disable the first tps feature 2.577
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.327
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.805
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
13.496
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 7.972
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.085
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.075
When I disable the first tps feature 2.554
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.064
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.050
When I enable the first tps feature 2.477
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.113
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.131
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.517
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
And I disable the first tps feature 2.560
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.885
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:0.123
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 7.648
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 17.977
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.266
When I write some files expected to persist 1.293
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.503
# 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" 12.410
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:29.407
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 8.112
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 17.377
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.119
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.556
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.073
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 23.581
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.363
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.056
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.077
Tags: @product
42.190
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 8.546
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.083
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.452
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:53.006
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 8.815
When I enable persistence 12.792
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.855
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.015
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.320
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.233
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.523
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.221
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.130
When I cold reboot the computer 10.554
And the computer reboots Tails 39.008
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.275
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.228
Given I enable persistence 6.966
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.070
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.226
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.572
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
2:8.984
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 8.529
# 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 25.034
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.185
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.039
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
37.978
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 8.152
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.009
Then persistence is disabled 0.245
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.153
And all notifications have disappeared 8.370
When I delete the persistent partition 2.655
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:21.557
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 7.625
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.566
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.059
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
42.651
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 8.245
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.151
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.158
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.772
And all notifications have disappeared 8.181
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.340
And all tps features are enabled 1.322
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.423
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:5.283
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 31.428
And I enable persistence 20.373
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.175
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.546
And persistence is enabled 1.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.825
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 7.204
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.037
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
27.283
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 8.109
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.464
When I enable persistence 6.696
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.531
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 8.137
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.394
When I try to enable persistence 1.224
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.849
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.243
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.437
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.073
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.156
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.085
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 8.073
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.581
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.031
When I log in to a new session 11.567
And all notifications have disappeared 10.356
# 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" 0.204
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.543
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.227
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.270
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.113
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 7.722
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.968
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.323
When I try to enable persistence 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.052
When I log in to a new session 11.466
And all notifications have disappeared 8.913
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.410
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000