Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4678 17 Oct 2026, 11:04

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 23:32.005 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:7.781
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 1:28.691
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.709
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.621
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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39.407
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 21.781
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.489
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.200
And persistence is disabled 0.068
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.396
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 8.382
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.239
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.083
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.994
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.303
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.140
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.161
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
29.153
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 8.334
And the system is very low on memory 4.747
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.123
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.032
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.127
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.337
And I free up some memory 0.518
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.886
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.735
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 8.214
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.282
And all tps features are active 8.007
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.444
When I disable the first tps feature 2.455
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.266
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.748
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.891
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.422
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.449
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
12.444
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 7.742
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I disable the first tps feature 2.441
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.046
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.041
When I enable the first tps feature 1.935
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.039
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.913
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 7.457
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
And I disable the first tps feature 2.463
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.840
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:9.150
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 33.518
And the network is plugged 0.043
And Tor is ready 11.893
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.468
When I write some files expected to persist 0.891
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.244
# 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" 11.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:49.554
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 20.442
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 10.059
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.110
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.135
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.122
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 12.128
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.337
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.062
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
Tags: @product
37.166
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.186
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.075
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.113
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.782
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 8.356
When I enable persistence 19.973
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.255
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.172
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.354
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.280
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.430
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.199
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.120
When I cold reboot the computer 5.818
And the computer reboots Tails 33.402
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.200
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.229
Given I enable persistence 12.486
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.070
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.286
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.036
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:4.602
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 8.083
# 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 26.768
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.281
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.126
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.343
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
37.480
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 8.538
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.434
Then persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.574
And all notifications have disappeared 8.015
When I delete the persistent partition 2.588
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:15.438
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 8.226
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.063
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.330
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.643
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
Tags: @product
54.780
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 8.352
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.795
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.690
And all notifications have disappeared 8.260
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.252
And all tps features are enabled 7.162
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:33.204
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 1:53.749
And I enable persistence 24.876
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.894
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.496
And persistence is enabled 7.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.463
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 7.328
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.657
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.476
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
38.739
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 8.422
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.546
When I enable persistence 12.729
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.899
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 8.180
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.252
When I try to enable persistence 1.241
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.600
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.228
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.157
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.082
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.302
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 7.872
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.222
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.292
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.312
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 6.976
And all notifications have disappeared 6.469
# 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" 0.156
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.072
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.210
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.008
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
36.606
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 7.686
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.531
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.219
When I try to enable persistence 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.449
When I log in to a new session 7.819
And all notifications have disappeared 5.883
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.028
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 0.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000