Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4663 07 Oct 2026, 14:12

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 23:38.364 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:0.175
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 1:18.218
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.656
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.547
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.171
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 8.739
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.145
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.256
And persistence is disabled 0.092
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.385
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 8.612
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.338
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.583
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.266
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.271
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.146
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.057
Tags: @product
28.938
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 8.093
And the system is very low on memory 4.243
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.264
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.390
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.302
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.380
And I free up some memory 0.531
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.695
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:46.619
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 8.105
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.433
And all tps features are active 7.995
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.584
When I disable the first tps feature 2.442
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.965
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.482
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.104
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product
13.632
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 8.101
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.187
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.084
When I disable the first tps feature 2.593
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.030
When I enable the first tps feature 2.414
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.045
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.289
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 7.652
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
And I disable the first tps feature 2.585
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.876
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.017
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 7.487
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 14.137
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.775
When I write some files expected to persist 0.962
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.335
# 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" 11.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:37.301
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 7.729
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 10.085
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.120
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.261
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.529
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 11.017
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.354
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.040
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.066
Tags: @product
50.873
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 21.696
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.043
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.568
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:49.587
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 8.540
When I enable persistence 21.279
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.764
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.987
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.207
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.259
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.421
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.552
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.136
When I cold reboot the computer 5.931
And the computer reboots Tails 33.438
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.317
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.230
Given I enable persistence 13.051
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.072
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.317
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.985
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.061
Tags: @product
2:11.463
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 8.260
# 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 35.437
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.738
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.487
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
38.488
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 8.332
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.779
Then persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.917
And all notifications have disappeared 8.461
When I delete the persistent partition 2.637
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.072
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 7.882
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.069
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.230
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.688
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032
Tags: @product
56.693
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" 0.046
When I try to enable persistence 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.356
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.922
And all notifications have disappeared 7.793
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.320
And all tps features are enabled 7.833
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:43.088
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 1:59.995
And I enable persistence 26.567
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.380
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.611
And persistence is enabled 8.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.027
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 7.568
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.002
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.455
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.379
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 8.728
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.561
When I enable persistence 14.111
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.042
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.045
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 8.814
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.904
When I try to enable persistence 1.302
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.519
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.214
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.231
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.786
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 8.156
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.278
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.275
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.031
When I log in to a new session 8.100
And all notifications have disappeared 8.316
# 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" 0.245
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.128
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.198
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.106
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.326
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 7.959
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.164
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.254
When I try to enable persistence 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.246
When I log in to a new session 8.724
And all notifications have disappeared 6.873
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.256
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000