Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4481 05 Jul 2026, 11:25

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 22:11.712 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.158
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.166
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.592
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.348
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.906
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.338
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.308
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.246
And persistence is disabled 0.096
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:46.312
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.829
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.354
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.082
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.112
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.087
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.488
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.123
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.178
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product
29.259
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.453
And the system is very low on memory 3.789
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.137
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.772
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.086
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.362
And I free up some memory 0.915
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.695
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:51.019
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.951
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.327
And all tps features are active 5.433
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.872
When I disable the first tps feature 2.565
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.546
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.769
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.012
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product
13.260
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.552
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.084
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.066
When I disable the first tps feature 2.622
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.084
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.044
When I enable the first tps feature 2.602
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.855
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.248
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
And I disable the first tps feature 2.568
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.882
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.954
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.581
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 13.358
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.910
When I write some files expected to persist 1.194
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.035
# 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? (tails/tails#10330)
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 12.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.336
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:48.275
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.345
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 10.359
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.137
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.918
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.844
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 14.065
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.376
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.064
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042
Tags: @product
41.084
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.567
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 14.096
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.336
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:55.135
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.673
When I enable persistence 18.188
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.755
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.422
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.309
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.255
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.511
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.454
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.160
When I cold reboot the computer 6.382
And the computer reboots Tails 37.618
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.272
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.205
Given I enable persistence 11.298
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.211
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.217
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
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2:15.455
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.130
# 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 27.804
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.386
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.820
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
39.447
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.480
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.506
Then persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.156
And all notifications have disappeared 8.000
When I delete the persistent partition 2.875
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.337
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.649
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.778
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.044
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.714
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.861
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
51.399
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.317
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.128
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.989
And all notifications have disappeared 7.742
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.278
And all tps features are enabled 5.614
And all tps features but the first one are active 6.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:13.608
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
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 29.633
And I enable persistence 25.847
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.218
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.577
And persistence is enabled 6.331
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.893
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
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 7.196
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.167
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
35.207
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.166
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.513
When I enable persistence 11.553
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.546
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.410
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.352
When I try to enable persistence 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.677
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.453
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.138
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.757
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.958
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.599
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 0.025
When I log in to a new session 11.001
And all notifications have disappeared 8.827
# 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" 0.266
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.092
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.189
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.596
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.524
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.865
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.670
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.312
When I try to enable persistence 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.149
When I log in to a new session 10.816
And all notifications have disappeared 8.294
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.459
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000