Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4655 03 Oct 2026, 11:07

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 22:27.172 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:58.884
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 1:16.159
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.548
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.486
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.957
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 8.355
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.680
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.190
And persistence is disabled 0.096
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:31.404
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 8.721
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.244
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.917
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 5.290
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.886
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.154
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
27.479
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 7.832
And the system is very low on memory 4.234
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.191
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.160
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.084
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.358
And I free up some memory 0.432
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.138
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.994
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 8.230
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.312
And all tps features are active 7.513
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.536
When I disable the first tps feature 2.442
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.742
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.225
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.066
Then all tps features but the first one are active 6.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product
13.118
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 7.797
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.046
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.087
When I disable the first tps feature 2.474
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.058
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.044
When I enable the first tps feature 2.469
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.045
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.975
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 7.524
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
And I disable the first tps feature 2.509
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.775
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.394
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 7.629
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 12.896
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.516
When I write some files expected to persist 0.927
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.159
# 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" 11.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.483
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 7.474
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 10.324
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.162
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.090
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.024
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 10.789
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.385
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.057
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.095
Tags: @product
37.070
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.299
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.073
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.295
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.401
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:45.916
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 8.334
When I enable persistence 21.705
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.760
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.547
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.321
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.286
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.499
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 20.998
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.136
When I cold reboot the computer 5.837
And the computer reboots Tails 31.755
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.184
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.108
Given I enable persistence 12.688
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.062
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.144
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.425
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:59.654
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 8.069
# 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 26.081
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.138
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 59.977
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.388
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
36.343
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 7.791
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.302
Then persistence is disabled 0.103
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.098
And all notifications have disappeared 8.191
When I delete the persistent partition 2.624
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:14.668
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 7.546
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.039
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.140
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.724
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product
52.472
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.863
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.137
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.388
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.170
And all notifications have disappeared 7.646
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.251
And all tps features are enabled 7.800
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:37.102
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 1:56.476
And I enable persistence 25.165
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.829
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.492
And persistence is enabled 7.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.885
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 7.408
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.029
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.446
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.207
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 7.988
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.187
When I enable persistence 12.156
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.042
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.269
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 7.650
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.624
When I try to enable persistence 1.258
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.098
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.243
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.124
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.897
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 7.631
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.087
When I try to enable persistence 1.256
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.420
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.210
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 7.485
And all notifications have disappeared 8.501
# 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" 0.146
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.066
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.162
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 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.993
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 7.760
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.706
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.241
When I try to enable persistence 1.172
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.034
When I log in to a new session 8.060
And all notifications have disappeared 8.171
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.051
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000