Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4669 10 Oct 2026, 11:06

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 23:6.105 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:56.461
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 1:17.099
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.718
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.660
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.080
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 8.263
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.361
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.206
And persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.828
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 8.434
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.307
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.391
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.035
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.412
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.997
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.138
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product
28.238
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.977
And the system is very low on memory 3.752
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.132
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.264
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.090
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.563
And I free up some memory 0.490
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.927
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:56.703
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 21.111
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.249
And all tps features are active 7.524
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.546
When I disable the first tps feature 2.513
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.442
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.177
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.977
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.490
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
26.008
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 20.791
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.048
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.070
When I disable the first tps feature 2.449
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.041
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.027
When I enable the first tps feature 2.444
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.122
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 7.523
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
And I disable the first tps feature 2.601
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.775
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.197
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 7.593
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 12.815
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.471
When I write some files expected to persist 0.905
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.256
# 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" 11.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:34.854
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 7.580
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 8.436
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.127
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.121
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.796
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 12.221
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.358
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.051
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.098
Tags: @product
37.106
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 8.125
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.092
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.658
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:44.961
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 8.174
When I enable persistence 20.948
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.774
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.302
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.368
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.292
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.504
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.274
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.103
When I cold reboot the computer 6.000
And the computer reboots Tails 32.596
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.308
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.238
Given I enable persistence 12.199
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.062
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.281
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.434
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:8.722
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 8.212
# 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 29.828
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.173
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.630
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
37.368
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 8.325
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.949
Then persistence is disabled 0.077
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.036
And all notifications have disappeared 8.088
When I delete the persistent partition 2.607
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.284
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:15.653
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 8.143
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.041
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.222
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.063
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product
53.657
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 8.334
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.141
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.655
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.642
And all notifications have disappeared 7.777
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.255
And all tps features are enabled 7.259
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.464
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:33.658
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 1:52.437
And I enable persistence 25.302
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.156
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.502
And persistence is enabled 8.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.908
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 7.409
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.953
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
38.662
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 8.534
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.368
When I enable persistence 12.396
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.309
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.504
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 8.166
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.890
When I try to enable persistence 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.542
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.119
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.040
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.109
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.755
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 7.916
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.473
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.036
When I log in to a new session 8.008
And all notifications have disappeared 7.661
# 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" 0.116
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.069
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.157
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.029
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.649
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 8.062
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.112
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.298
When I try to enable persistence 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.322
When I log in to a new session 6.803
And all notifications have disappeared 7.940
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.081
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000