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test_Tails_ISO_21322-change-domain-deb.tails.boum.org 5 21 May 2026, 07:47

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 20:36.114 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.767
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.102
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.348
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.276
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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29.108
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.606
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.249
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.231
And persistence is disabled 0.092
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.512
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.117
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.283
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.089
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.837
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.489
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.376
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.225
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.017
Tags: @product
29.550
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.648
And the system is very low on memory 4.051
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.178
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.544
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.110
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.393
And I free up some memory 0.868
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.694
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.909
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.020
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.528
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.330
And all tps features are active 1.289
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.118
When I disable the first tps feature 2.554
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.235
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.848
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.625
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.379
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
Tags: @product
12.760
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.413
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.148
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.068
When I disable the first tps feature 2.476
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.065
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.039
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 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
13.176
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.458
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.085
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.171
And I disable the first tps feature 2.554
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.867
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
43.672
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.427
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 13.393
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.189
When I write some files expected to persist 1.102
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.562
# 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" 11.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:40.216
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.213
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 9.760
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.122
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.054
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.726
And I capture all network traffic 0.022
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 11.699
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.411
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.081
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.035
Tags: @product
38.549
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.857
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.091
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.616
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:45.333
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.747
When I enable persistence 12.411
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.819
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.283
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.292
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.221
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.493
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.613
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.171
When I cold reboot the computer 8.957
And the computer reboots Tails 36.312
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.306
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.252
Given I enable persistence 7.065
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.086
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.225
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.931
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.023
Tags: @product
2:8.152
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.387
# 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 23.535
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.547
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.287
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.394
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
37.976
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.237
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.006
Then persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.598
And all notifications have disappeared 7.927
When I delete the persistent partition 2.718
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.398
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:21.977
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.877
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.180
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.487
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.216
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010
Tags: @product
42.525
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.241
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.115
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.675
And all notifications have disappeared 7.756
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.246
And all tps features are enabled 0.952
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.321
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:4.994
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 31.552
And I enable persistence 20.437
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.692
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.677
And persistence is enabled 1.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
22.743
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.013
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 7.166
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.052
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.795
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.226
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.132
When I enable persistence 6.751
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
25.840
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.976
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.739
When I try to enable persistence 1.221
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.241
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.343
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.161
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.816
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.923
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.088
When I try to enable persistence 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.044
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 12.243
And all notifications have disappeared 9.109
# 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" 0.190
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.151
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.182
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.448
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.399
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.731
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.548
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.507
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.306
When I try to enable persistence 1.212
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.875
When I log in to a new session 10.718
And all notifications have disappeared 8.799
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.839
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000