Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4667 09 Oct 2026, 07:39

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 22:35.601 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:59.063
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:15.954
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.638
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.779
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.986
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 8.511
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.738
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.199
And persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:31.293
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 8.293
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.333
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.075
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.801
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.070
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 1:0.236
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.165
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
27.810
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 7.844
And the system is very low on memory 4.073
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.226
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.475
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.146
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.349
And I free up some memory 0.434
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.224
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.211
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 7.961
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.292
And all tps features are active 7.359
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.430
When I disable the first tps feature 2.457
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.653
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.228
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.369
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.478
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053
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13.282
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 8.056
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.045
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I disable the first tps feature 2.441
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.040
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.059
When I enable the first tps feature 2.423
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.057
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 7.564
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.097
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
And I disable the first tps feature 2.538
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.761
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.166
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 7.641
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 12.683
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.434
When I write some files expected to persist 0.927
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.230
# 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" 11.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.535
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 7.403
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 8.170
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.128
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.218
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.712
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.051
And Tor is ready 11.254
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.410
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.048
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.097
Tags: @product
37.560
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 8.461
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.087
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.578
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.433
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.273
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.370
When I enable persistence 22.598
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.579
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.813
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.216
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.296
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.454
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.010
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.185
When I cold reboot the computer 5.810
And the computer reboots Tails 32.225
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.187
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.121
Given I enable persistence 12.753
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.070
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.136
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.319
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:3.761
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 8.159
# 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 26.766
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.479
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.126
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
36.080
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 7.881
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.139
Then persistence is disabled 0.084
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.459
And all notifications have disappeared 7.743
When I delete the persistent partition 2.556
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:12.698
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 7.603
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.204
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.645
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
54.161
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 create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.086
When I try to enable persistence 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.639
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.424
And all notifications have disappeared 8.200
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.203
And all tps features are enabled 7.248
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:38.401
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 1:57.493
And I enable persistence 25.504
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.124
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.471
And persistence is enabled 7.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.413
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 7.479
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.507
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.426
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.595
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 7.814
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.329
When I enable persistence 12.337
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.031
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.251
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 7.703
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.978
When I try to enable persistence 1.209
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.451
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.281
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.213
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.896
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 7.904
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.072
When I try to enable persistence 1.153
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.337
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.128
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.022
When I log in to a new session 8.317
And all notifications have disappeared 6.833
# 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" 0.117
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.066
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.157
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.026
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.100
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 7.972
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.424
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.251
When I try to enable persistence 1.191
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.768
When I log in to a new session 7.310
And all notifications have disappeared 8.335
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.140
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 0.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000