Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4654 02 Oct 2026, 11:17

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 23:40.925 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:55.708
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 1:16.271
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.076
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.499
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.935
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 8.403
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.655
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.215
And persistence is disabled 0.089
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.239
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 8.883
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.258
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.096
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.211
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.299
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.253
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.157
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
Tags: @product
29.673
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 8.404
And the system is very low on memory 4.265
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.174
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.450
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.094
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.387
And I free up some memory 0.559
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.284
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:46.070
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 8.255
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.341
And all tps features are active 8.701
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.636
When I disable the first tps feature 2.441
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.733
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.555
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.649
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
13.121
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 7.733
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I disable the first tps feature 2.545
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.035
When I enable the first tps feature 2.470
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.071
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 7.548
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
And I disable the first tps feature 2.475
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.862
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.907
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 7.583
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 13.206
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.096
When I write some files expected to persist 0.859
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.517
# 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" 11.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.400
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.122
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 7.479
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 9.446
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.093
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.194
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.369
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 11.959
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.358
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.056
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047
Tags: @product
40.028
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 8.515
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.069
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.837
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:52.283
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 8.272
When I enable persistence 21.360
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.950
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.355
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.395
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.325
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.517
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.050
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.146
When I cold reboot the computer 7.226
And the computer reboots Tails 33.889
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.377
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.224
Given I enable persistence 13.267
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.079
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.178
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.545
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:8.767
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 8.411
# 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 27.995
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.349
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.099
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product
39.277
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 8.714
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.860
Then persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.152
And all notifications have disappeared 8.568
When I delete the persistent partition 2.626
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.830
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 8.430
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.076
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.339
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.810
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
57.177
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 8.453
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.677
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.324
And all notifications have disappeared 8.529
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.195
And all tps features are enabled 7.995
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:49.363
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 1:58.169
And I enable persistence 32.828
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.957
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.591
And persistence is enabled 9.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 2.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.992
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.025
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 7.778
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.656
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.370
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 8.657
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.228
When I enable persistence 15.088
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.030
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.367
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.763
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 8.433
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.580
When I try to enable persistence 1.279
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.085
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.133
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.355
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.294
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.511
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 7.839
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.430
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.227
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 9.254
And all notifications have disappeared 7.113
# 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" 0.226
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.141
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.189
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.033
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.707
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 8.335
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.905
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.299
When I try to enable persistence 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.630
When I log in to a new session 8.242
And all notifications have disappeared 8.086
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.070
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000