Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4664 08 Oct 2026, 07:40

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 23:44.678 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:4.415
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 1:21.809
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.278
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.595
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.256
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 8.580
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.143
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.250
And persistence is disabled 0.082
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:37.725
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 9.085
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.270
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.079
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.181
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.295
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.575
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.147
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029
Tags: @product
30.980
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 8.253
And the system is very low on memory 4.090
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.225
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.410
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.095
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.423
And I free up some memory 0.461
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.972
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:49.605
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 8.219
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.324
And all tps features are active 8.734
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.594
When I disable the first tps feature 2.467
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.634
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.602
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.794
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
Tags: @product
13.882
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 enabled and logged in 8.338
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
When I disable the first tps feature 2.729
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.039
When I enable the first tps feature 2.424
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.750
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 7.658
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
And I disable the first tps feature 3.082
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.848
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.243
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 7.483
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 13.067
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.779
When I write some files expected to persist 0.873
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.625
# 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" 11.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.494
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.764
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 7.689
And the network is plugged 0.054
And Tor is ready 9.800
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.123
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.226
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.801
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 11.547
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.327
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.072
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.093
Tags: @product
38.053
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 8.478
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.058
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.462
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:56.272
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 8.635
When I enable persistence 24.173
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.007
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.247
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.241
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.174
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.470
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.995
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.113
When I cold reboot the computer 5.823
And the computer reboots Tails 33.787
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.332
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.114
Given I enable persistence 15.325
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.072
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.310
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.317
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:9.489
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 8.389
# 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 26.896
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.316
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.241
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product
39.685
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 8.569
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.378
Then persistence is disabled 0.074
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.790
And all notifications have disappeared 8.824
When I delete the persistent partition 2.703
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.343
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:19.923
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 8.344
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.054
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.251
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.083
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product
57.866
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 8.579
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.046
When I try to enable persistence 1.148
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.875
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.824
And all notifications have disappeared 8.511
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.330
And all tps features are enabled 7.925
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:43.543
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 2:1.695
And I enable persistence 26.297
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.004
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.473
And persistence is enabled 8.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.029
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 7.341
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.188
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.736
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 8.723
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.631
When I enable persistence 13.554
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.041
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.846
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 8.477
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.542
When I try to enable persistence 1.221
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.656
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.117
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.189
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.223
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.371
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.577
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 7.913
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.208
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.664
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.120
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 7.611
And all notifications have disappeared 7.573
# 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" 0.190
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.072
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.180
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.091
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.028
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 7.977
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.127
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.364
When I try to enable persistence 1.112
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.689
When I log in to a new session 7.348
And all notifications have disappeared 7.508
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.193
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000