Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4680 19 Oct 2026, 11:22

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 23:34.417 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:56.477
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 1:17.028
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.198
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.500
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.432
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 8.210
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.597
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.170
And persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.373
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:31.405
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 8.415
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.332
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.104
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.562
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.216
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.555
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.142
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032
Tags: @product
27.837
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 7.804
And the system is very low on memory 4.294
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.145
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.282
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.189
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.308
And I free up some memory 0.616
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.146
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.586
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 8.317
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.328
And all tps features are active 9.094
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.673
When I disable the first tps feature 2.425
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.409
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.160
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.776
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.400
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
13.076
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 7.892
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I disable the first tps feature 2.441
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.039
When I enable the first tps feature 2.382
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.535
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 20.524
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
And I disable the first tps feature 2.509
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.342
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.488
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 7.683
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 11.718
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.790
When I write some files expected to persist 0.883
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.179
# 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" 11.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:37.130
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 7.569
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 8.126
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.145
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.248
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.433
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 12.073
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.305
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.074
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.060
Tags: @product
35.713
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 8.345
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.058
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.375
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 13.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:57.800
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 21.640
When I enable persistence 20.276
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.815
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.821
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.268
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.276
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.500
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.857
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.114
When I cold reboot the computer 4.527
And the computer reboots Tails 32.551
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.312
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.225
Given I enable persistence 13.088
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.057
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.135
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.196
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:7.077
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 8.261
# 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 29.331
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.461
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.530
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
37.670
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 8.303
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.602
Then persistence is disabled 0.068
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.588
And all notifications have disappeared 8.304
When I delete the persistent partition 2.575
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.455
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:17.776
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 8.258
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.051
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.216
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.070
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043
Tags: @product
52.931
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 8.528
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.039
When I try to enable persistence 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.898
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.443
And all notifications have disappeared 7.363
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.223
And all tps features are enabled 7.509
And all tps features but the first one are active 6.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
3:2.140
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 2:15.767
And I enable persistence 28.876
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.721
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.494
And persistence is enabled 9.279
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.788
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 7.367
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.950
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.413
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 8.579
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.343
When I enable persistence 14.440
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.745
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 8.141
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.671
When I try to enable persistence 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.514
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.123
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.266
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.863
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 8.146
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.171
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.154
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.091
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 7.375
And all notifications have disappeared 7.385
# 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" 0.148
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.069
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.201
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.040
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.528
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 7.756
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.292
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.306
When I try to enable persistence 1.171
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.374
When I log in to a new session 7.541
And all notifications have disappeared 7.165
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.078
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000