Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4369 30 Apr 2026, 16:09

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 25:49.693 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:42.426
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:26.881
And I update APT using apt 7.289
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.335
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
48.721
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 8.806
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.103
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.280
And persistence is disabled 0.089
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 18.441
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:59.703
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 8.945
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.726
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.120
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 35.347
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.473
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.662
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.209
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.169
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
43.896
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 7.377
And the system is very low on memory 18.416
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.633
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.324
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.134
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.348
And I free up some memory 0.790
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.815
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:56.988
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 9.102
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.643
And all tps features are active 1.241
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.110
When I disable the first tps feature 2.859
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.009
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 27.816
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.065
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product
13.297
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 7.721
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.083
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.084
When I disable the first tps feature 2.704
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.045
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.042
When I enable the first tps feature 2.448
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.334
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 7.325
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.118
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.085
And I disable the first tps feature 2.742
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.021
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:0.022
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 7.398
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 20.151
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.214
When I write some files expected to persist 1.129
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.144
# 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" 11.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:27.631
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 7.384
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 18.607
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.139
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.595
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.741
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 22.527
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.413
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.063
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.065
Tags: @product
1:2.326
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.750
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.284
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 29.716
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 22.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:9.780
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 21.681
When I enable persistence 21.683
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.417
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.590
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.295
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.242
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.490
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.360
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.152
When I cold reboot the computer 8.958
And the computer reboots Tails 36.642
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.335
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.222
Given I enable persistence 7.052
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.079
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.307
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.118
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
2:30.043
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 8.124
# 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 39.990
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.265
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.866
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
58.573
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 8.144
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.858
Then persistence is disabled 0.119
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 20.680
And all notifications have disappeared 8.721
When I delete the persistent partition 2.683
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.364
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:31.997
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 7.859
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.713
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.152
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034
Tags: @product
49.233
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 7.806
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.135
When I try to enable persistence 1.216
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.582
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.771
And all notifications have disappeared 8.120
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.351
And all tps features are enabled 1.010
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:18.228
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 39.557
And I enable persistence 26.231
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.174
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.629
And persistence is enabled 1.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.204
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 7.322
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.344
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
37.266
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 8.332
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 20.260
When I enable persistence 6.706
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.346
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 8.012
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 18.188
When I try to enable persistence 1.348
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.047
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.348
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.141
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
53.459
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 8.035
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.091
When I try to enable persistence 1.236
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 17.073
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 11.992
And all notifications have disappeared 9.640
# 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" 0.190
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.520
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.256
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.295
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
55.210
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 7.818
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 18.120
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.342
When I try to enable persistence 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.057
When I log in to a new session 11.819
And all notifications have disappeared 9.156
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.729
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000