Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4661 07 Oct 2026, 08:07

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 25:7.469 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:0.930
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 1:21.281
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.114
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.576
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.720
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 8.830
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.090
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.246
And persistence is disabled 0.169
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.382
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.124
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 9.104
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.303
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.089
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.822
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.491
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.051
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.168
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042
Tags: @product
29.327
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 7.998
And the system is very low on memory 4.049
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.229
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.735
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.228
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.443
And I free up some memory 0.513
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.075
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:19.152
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 35.031
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.266
And all tps features are active 8.781
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.028
When I disable the first tps feature 2.461
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.145
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.778
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.064
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
13.486
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.132
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.083
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I disable the first tps feature 2.554
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.036
When I enable the first tps feature 2.413
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.267
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 7.720
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I disable the first tps feature 2.579
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.776
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.950
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 7.824
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 13.035
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.038
When I write some files expected to persist 1.232
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.312
# 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" 11.478
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:56.194
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 20.801
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 10.317
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.110
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.380
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.921
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 12.052
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.348
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.077
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052
Tags: @product
39.546
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 8.357
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.066
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.251
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
3:8.553
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 22.157
When I enable persistence 22.170
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.133
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.341
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.302
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.360
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.448
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.881
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.140
When I cold reboot the computer 6.263
And the computer reboots Tails 35.262
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.250
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.124
Given I enable persistence 14.719
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.059
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.224
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.554
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product
2:17.809
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 8.565
# 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 31.320
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.506
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.441
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 25.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product
39.437
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 8.879
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.467
Then persistence is disabled 0.071
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.737
And all notifications have disappeared 8.286
When I delete the persistent partition 2.729
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:20.370
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 8.566
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.056
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.418
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.054
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
59.976
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 8.450
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.702
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.927
And all notifications have disappeared 8.562
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 2.364
And all tps features are enabled 8.382
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.343
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:46.125
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 2:0.205
And I enable persistence 28.136
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.362
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.461
And persistence is enabled 8.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.515
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 7.625
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.323
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.980
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 8.815
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.429
When I enable persistence 13.948
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.927
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 8.710
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.251
When I try to enable persistence 1.281
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.074
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.167
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.314
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.221
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.749
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.488
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.071
When I try to enable persistence 1.221
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.684
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.099
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.036
When I log in to a new session 8.903
And all notifications have disappeared 7.841
# 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" 0.184
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.111
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.182
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.056
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.324
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.322
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 8.378
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.342
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.356
When I try to enable persistence 1.191
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.738
When I log in to a new session 8.944
And all notifications have disappeared 7.413
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.209
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000