Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4635 24 Sep 2026, 15:11

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 26:38.876 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.905
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 1:21.883
And I update the APT lists using apt 8.053
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.249
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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32.137
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 9.394
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.764
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.315
And persistence is disabled 0.119
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:6.822
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 36.477
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.269
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.122
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.600
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.618
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.494
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.139
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
30.543
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 8.340
And the system is very low on memory 4.085
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.227
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.672
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.088
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.422
And I free up some memory 0.552
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.105
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:54.171
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 8.574
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.425
And all tps features are active 8.906
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.050
When I disable the first tps feature 2.554
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.603
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.900
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.609
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032
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14.112
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 8.652
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.119
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.067
When I disable the first tps feature 2.547
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.046
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.032
When I enable the first tps feature 2.449
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
14.457
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 8.089
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.108
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
And I disable the first tps feature 3.112
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.036
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.065
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 8.081
And the network is plugged 0.044
And Tor is ready 12.854
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.829
When I write some files expected to persist 1.150
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.492
# 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" 11.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.165
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 8.406
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 10.833
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.117
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.395
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.627
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 12.013
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.472
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.080
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044
Tags: @product
41.889
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 8.953
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.101
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.735
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:57.712
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 8.845
When I enable persistence 22.783
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.925
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.560
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.438
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.322
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.624
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.170
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.146
When I cold reboot the computer 6.170
And the computer reboots Tails 35.122
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.328
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.209
Given I enable persistence 16.023
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.075
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 7.669
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
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2:10.435
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 8.989
# 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 28.467
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.553
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:9.321
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
41.690
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 8.826
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.867
Then persistence is disabled 0.088
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.739
And all notifications have disappeared 10.107
When I delete the persistent partition 2.762
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.298
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.448
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.358
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 22.746
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.073
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.102
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.198
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029
Tags: @product
57.489
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 8.981
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.072
When I try to enable persistence 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.690
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.217
And all notifications have disappeared 7.957
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.254
And all tps features are enabled 8.382
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
4:34.572
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 3:42.382
And I enable persistence 32.461
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.418
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.704
And persistence is enabled 10.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 2.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.798
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 7.640
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 25.621
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.499
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 9.123
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.574
When I enable persistence 17.563
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.004
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 8.346
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.044
When I try to enable persistence 1.326
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.439
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.115
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.331
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.071
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.217
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.202
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 8.249
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.068
When I try to enable persistence 1.216
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.283
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.094
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 9.488
And all notifications have disappeared 8.057
# 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" 0.209
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.118
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.165
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.242
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.839
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 8.383
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.826
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.407
When I try to enable persistence 1.244
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.476
When I log in to a new session 9.139
And all notifications have disappeared 7.224
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.275
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000