Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4641 28 Sep 2026, 17:31

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 23:50.067 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:38.464
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:24.538
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.916
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.292
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.305
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 8.821
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.255
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.202
And persistence is disabled 0.078
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.713
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 9.247
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.294
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.088
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.666
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.259
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.916
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.154
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026
Tags: @product
33.168
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 8.361
And the system is very low on memory 5.360
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.163
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.610
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.155
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.451
And I free up some memory 0.599
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.401
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:58.323
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 9.460
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.330
And all tps features are active 10.826
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.072
When I disable the first tps feature 2.668
Then all tps features but the first one are active 10.216
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.960
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.869
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.947
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 8.418
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I disable the first tps feature 2.575
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.049
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.049
When I enable the first tps feature 2.561
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.908
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 7.809
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
And I disable the first tps feature 2.984
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.925
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.115
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 7.874
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 10.084
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.129
When I write some files expected to persist 1.028
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.475
# 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" 11.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.583
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 7.663
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 10.208
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.107
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.319
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.811
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 10.911
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.339
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.063
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.114
Tags: @product
41.178
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.544
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.086
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.855
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:53.754
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 8.807
When I enable persistence 21.963
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.558
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.536
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.377
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.180
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.463
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.151
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.141
When I cold reboot the computer 7.372
And the computer reboots Tails 33.103
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.335
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.317
Given I enable persistence 13.305
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.086
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.487
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.431
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:6.377
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 8.582
# 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 28.622
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.368
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.506
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product
40.278
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.663
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.610
Then persistence is disabled 0.085
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.307
And all notifications have disappeared 8.746
When I delete the persistent partition 2.622
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:22.846
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 8.468
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.042
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.815
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.239
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.279
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
59.857
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 8.724
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.073
When I try to enable persistence 1.194
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.738
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.287
And all notifications have disappeared 8.429
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.278
And all tps features are enabled 9.341
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:45.882
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 1:59.816
And I enable persistence 28.406
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.998
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.579
And persistence is enabled 9.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.983
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 with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.819
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.288
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.603
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 8.831
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.191
When I enable persistence 14.432
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.183
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.529
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.809
When I try to enable persistence 1.295
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.580
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.266
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.255
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.102
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.725
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 8.304
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.085
When I try to enable persistence 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.875
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 9.492
And all notifications have disappeared 7.926
# 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" 0.200
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.100
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.208
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.169
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.867
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.525
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.213
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.446
When I try to enable persistence 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.943
When I log in to a new session 8.124
And all notifications have disappeared 7.424
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.175
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000