Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4670 11 Oct 2026, 11:15

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 22:19.554 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:26.713
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 1:15.957
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.676
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.155
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.204
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 8.252
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.023
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.144
And persistence is disabled 0.067
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:30.357
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 8.504
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.223
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.084
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.798
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 3.951
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.532
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.163
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
27.584
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 7.836
And the system is very low on memory 4.321
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.158
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.305
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.093
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.363
And I free up some memory 0.424
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.041
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.576
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 8.159
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.283
And all tps features are active 7.661
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.511
When I disable the first tps feature 2.456
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.732
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.365
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.020
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.385
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
13.146
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 7.916
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
When I disable the first tps feature 2.459
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.036
When I enable the first tps feature 2.389
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.181
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 7.617
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
And I disable the first tps feature 2.495
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.888
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.638
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 7.448
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 12.785
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.108
When I write some files expected to persist 0.881
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.208
# 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" 11.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.786
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 enabled and logged in 7.539
And the network is plugged 0.043
And Tor is ready 9.242
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.103
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.253
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.586
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 10.461
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.371
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.063
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054
Tags: @product
37.049
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 8.222
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.062
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.512
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:56.448
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 21.811
When I enable persistence 20.335
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.587
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.327
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.262
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.129
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.446
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.184
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.150
When I cold reboot the computer 4.466
And the computer reboots Tails 32.130
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.323
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.227
Given I enable persistence 11.847
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.064
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.290
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.759
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028
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2:10.773
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 8.190
# 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 32.296
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.214
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.566
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
37.136
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 8.294
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.929
Then persistence is disabled 0.082
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.743
And all notifications have disappeared 8.289
When I delete the persistent partition 2.570
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:16.220
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 8.070
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.065
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.294
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.602
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.412
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
53.640
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 8.119
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.073
When I try to enable persistence 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.333
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.698
And all notifications have disappeared 8.303
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.247
And all tps features are enabled 7.273
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.403
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:38.207
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 1:57.938
And I enable persistence 25.169
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.076
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.444
And persistence is enabled 7.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.011
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 7.442
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.130
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.438
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
36.754
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 7.658
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.216
When I enable persistence 11.879
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.041
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.086
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 7.709
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.365
When I try to enable persistence 1.133
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.470
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.124
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.095
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.227
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.771
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 7.834
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.073
When I try to enable persistence 1.135
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.855
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.210
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 8.199
And all notifications have disappeared 9.165
# 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" 0.173
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.284
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.167
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.983
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.264
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 7.899
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.849
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.344
When I try to enable persistence 1.136
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.013
When I log in to a new session 7.906
And all notifications have disappeared 7.236
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.204
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000