Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-dconf-state 4 23 Jul 2026, 14:26

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 24:1.303 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:38.565
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.625
And I update the APT lists using apt 8.550
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.296
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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34.163
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 8.576
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.585
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.338
And persistence is disabled 0.146
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:49.421
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 8.787
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.273
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.090
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.913
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.033
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.965
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.241
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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34.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.068
And the system is very low on memory 4.932
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.314
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.737
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.176
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.390
And I free up some memory 0.985
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.350
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:55.646
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 8.606
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.367
And all tps features are active 6.727
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.377
When I disable the first tps feature 3.072
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.481
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.131
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.963
Then all tps features but the first one are active 6.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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14.574
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 7.885
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.095
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.065
When I disable the first tps feature 3.041
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.073
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.059
When I enable the first tps feature 3.193
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.169
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 7.432
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
And I disable the first tps feature 2.534
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.014
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:10.234
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 20.136
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 22.795
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.218
When I write some files expected to persist 1.384
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.306
# 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" 13.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:47.552
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.640
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 11.012
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.171
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.098
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.168
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 11.856
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.388
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.064
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054
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45.825
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 8.724
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.081
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.536
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 22.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:6.450
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 9.209
When I enable persistence 22.265
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.848
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.850
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.338
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.293
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.531
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.868
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.174
When I cold reboot the computer 7.264
And the computer reboots Tails 40.778
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.380
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.215
Given I enable persistence 12.624
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.077
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.213
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.356
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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2:23.077
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 8.382
# 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 36.645
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.195
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:11.113
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
43.513
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 8.357
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.495
Then persistence is disabled 0.109
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.102
And all notifications have disappeared 8.549
When I delete the persistent partition 3.468
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.430
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:31.977
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.363
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.073
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.046
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:16.248
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
Tags: @product
56.795
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 8.279
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.045
When I try to enable persistence 1.145
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.822
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.785
And all notifications have disappeared 8.005
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.483
And all tps features are enabled 6.428
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:20.390
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 35.363
And I enable persistence 27.858
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.453
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.623
And persistence is enabled 6.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.444
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 7.136
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.676
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
36.803
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.624
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.197
When I enable persistence 11.048
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.382
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.054
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 8.903
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.235
When I try to enable persistence 1.411
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.517
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.491
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.067
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.187
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.601
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 7.986
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.849
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.202
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I log in to a new session 12.074
And all notifications have disappeared 8.673
# 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" 0.170
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.508
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.229
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.761
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.037
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 8.156
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.269
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.363
When I try to enable persistence 1.190
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.027
When I log in to a new session 11.114
And all notifications have disappeared 9.935
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.238
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000