Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4634 23 Sep 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 22:5.378 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.369
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 1:15.893
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.634
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.177
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.770
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 8.381
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.237
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.256
And persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:30.073
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.358
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.415
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.079
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.732
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.034
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.374
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.884
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.159
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
27.080
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 7.753
And the system is very low on memory 4.194
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.135
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.029
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 2.386
And I free up some memory 0.404
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.051
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.744
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 8.093
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.241
And all tps features are active 7.658
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.515
When I disable the first tps feature 2.433
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.160
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.297
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.173
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
12.994
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 7.728
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
When I disable the first tps feature 2.434
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.038
When I enable the first tps feature 2.461
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.873
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 7.491
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.050
And I disable the first tps feature 2.406
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.809
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.311
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 7.412
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 8.137
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.468
When I write some files expected to persist 0.949
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.262
# 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" 11.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.509
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 7.559
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 7.905
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.128
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.320
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.697
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.045
And Tor is ready 10.286
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.320
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.103
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.065
Tags: @product
37.960
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 8.386
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.126
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.252
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:49.330
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 8.278
When I enable persistence 21.667
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.326
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.289
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.408
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.307
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.487
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.591
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.144
When I cold reboot the computer 5.952
And the computer reboots Tails 33.162
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.301
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.234
Given I enable persistence 12.312
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.060
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.146
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.516
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:1.135
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 enabled and logged in 8.100
# 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 26.182
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.225
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.253
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.373
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
37.481
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 8.243
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.578
Then persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.134
And all notifications have disappeared 8.515
When I delete the persistent partition 2.628
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:18.942
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 8.336
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.066
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.248
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.063
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
54.811
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 8.325
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.495
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.422
And all notifications have disappeared 8.330
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.213
And all tps features are enabled 7.324
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.465
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:38.350
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 1:55.824
And I enable persistence 26.287
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.951
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.480
And persistence is enabled 7.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.278
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.478
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.300
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.131
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 8.224
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.127
When I enable persistence 12.824
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.041
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.794
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 8.200
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.948
When I try to enable persistence 1.243
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.626
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.138
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.120
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.211
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.223
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 8.126
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.310
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.221
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.021
When I log in to a new session 7.505
And all notifications have disappeared 7.550
# 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" 0.134
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.085
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.155
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.005
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.211
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 7.992
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.824
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.256
When I try to enable persistence 1.151
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.127
When I log in to a new session 7.885
And all notifications have disappeared 6.996
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.185
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000