Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4484 07 Jul 2026, 11:11

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 20:49.639 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.183
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 1:17.652
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.277
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.387
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.929
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 8.508
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.689
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.219
And persistence is disabled 0.084
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.428
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:37.871
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 8.311
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.261
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.998
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.468
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.451
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.174
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
28.661
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 7.450
And the system is very low on memory 3.545
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.158
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.627
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.091
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.386
And I free up some memory 0.836
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.517
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.727
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 8.081
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.273
And all tps features are active 4.671
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.899
When I disable the first tps feature 2.577
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.753
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.446
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.147
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.056
Tags: @product
12.377
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 7.121
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I disable the first tps feature 2.472
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.046
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.046
When I enable the first tps feature 2.401
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.602
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 7.091
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 2.528
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.817
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.195
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 7.028
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 8.469
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.752
When I write some files expected to persist 1.052
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.228
# 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" 11.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.428
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 7.171
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 9.770
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.119
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.448
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.179
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 12.188
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.358
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.053
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037
Tags: @product
37.669
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 8.530
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.076
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.450
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:48.000
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 8.564
When I enable persistence 16.418
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.596
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.151
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.297
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.209
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.525
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.935
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.157
When I cold reboot the computer 6.035
And the computer reboots Tails 35.031
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.320
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.171
Given I enable persistence 10.415
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.065
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.199
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.771
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:11.704
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 7.576
# 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 28.468
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.689
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.762
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product
36.128
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 8.008
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.116
Then persistence is disabled 0.143
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.266
And all notifications have disappeared 7.622
When I delete the persistent partition 2.638
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.333
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:22.359
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 7.374
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.266
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.444
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
46.207
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 7.496
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 8.964
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.141
And all notifications have disappeared 7.477
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.275
And all tps features are enabled 4.643
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:6.439
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 28.681
And I enable persistence 22.533
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.508
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.653
And persistence is enabled 5.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
24.937
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 6.928
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 17.514
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.494
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.009
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.461
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.370
When I enable persistence 10.867
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.266
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 7.130
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.720
When I try to enable persistence 1.229
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.868
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.233
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.149
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.277
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 7.222
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.203
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.850
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 10.962
And all notifications have disappeared 8.254
# 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" 0.183
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.100
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.144
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.234
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.662
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 7.334
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.376
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.375
When I try to enable persistence 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.653
When I log in to a new session 10.487
And all notifications have disappeared 7.765
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.651
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000