Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4660 06 Oct 2026, 11:19

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 25:45.775 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
Tags: @product
1:59.149
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 1:16.703
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.080
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.662
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.312
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 8.442
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.696
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.216
And persistence is disabled 0.072
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.598
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 8.848
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.298
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.777
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.039
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.529
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.842
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.154
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059
Tags: @product
29.107
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 7.989
And the system is very low on memory 3.999
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.191
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.580
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.080
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.330
And I free up some memory 0.461
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.426
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:53.287
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 8.476
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.333
And all tps features are active 8.533
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.836
When I disable the first tps feature 3.540
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.933
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.766
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.718
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050
Tags: @product
27.152
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 21.108
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.132
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.115
When I disable the first tps feature 3.055
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.058
When I enable the first tps feature 2.437
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.884
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 21.208
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
And I disable the first tps feature 2.641
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.837
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
48.145
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 8.223
And the network is plugged 0.043
And Tor is ready 12.805
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.675
When I write some files expected to persist 1.288
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.561
# 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" 12.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.441
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.177
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 10.343
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.202
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.404
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.766
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 11.956
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.339
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.064
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050
Tags: @product
39.242
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 8.552
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.096
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.428
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:58.231
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 8.884
When I enable persistence 25.002
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.729
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.504
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.209
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.138
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.526
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.041
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.163
When I cold reboot the computer 6.032
And the computer reboots Tails 34.532
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.442
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.140
Given I enable persistence 14.874
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.071
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.316
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.483
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.506
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:12.905
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 9.023
# 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 30.489
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.390
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.090
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
39.715
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 8.535
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.914
Then persistence is disabled 0.106
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.385
And all notifications have disappeared 8.863
When I delete the persistent partition 2.651
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:22.455
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 8.322
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.092
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.325
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.423
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037
Tags: @product
57.246
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 8.569
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.273
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.957
And all notifications have disappeared 8.222
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.320
And all tps features are enabled 7.546
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
3:56.981
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 3:7.390
And I enable persistence 30.809
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.512
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.486
And persistence is enabled 9.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.479
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 7.750
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.252
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.476
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.010
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 8.460
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.690
When I enable persistence 15.398
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.415
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.811
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 8.140
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.322
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.508
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.272
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.486
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.239
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.496
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 8.022
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.724
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.212
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.022
When I log in to a new session 8.580
And all notifications have disappeared 8.338
# 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" 0.119
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.094
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.133
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.095
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.119
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 8.115
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.279
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.356
When I try to enable persistence 1.293
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.980
When I log in to a new session 9.022
And all notifications have disappeared 8.071
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.202
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000