Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-dconf-state 5 24 Jul 2026, 03:44

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 20:42.989 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.332
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 1:18.430
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.775
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.394
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.266
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 8.356
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.627
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.267
And persistence is disabled 0.104
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.644
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 8.033
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.255
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.096
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.895
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.594
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.479
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.166
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
28.193
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 7.137
And the system is very low on memory 4.447
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.219
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.558
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.078
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.432
And I free up some memory 0.819
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.449
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.096
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 8.010
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.267
And all tps features are active 4.907
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.889
When I disable the first tps feature 2.457
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.566
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.807
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.822
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.368
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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12.619
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 7.281
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I disable the first tps feature 2.530
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.033
When I enable the first tps feature 2.415
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.685
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 7.070
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
And I disable the first tps feature 2.527
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.898
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.011
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 7.130
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 9.742
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.112
When I write some files expected to persist 1.050
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.377
# 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" 11.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.308
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 7.141
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 10.204
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.124
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.337
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.031
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 10.889
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.366
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.072
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.108
Tags: @product
38.217
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.138
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.089
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.372
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:48.004
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 8.359
When I enable persistence 18.353
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.601
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.215
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.298
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.217
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.548
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.028
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.177
When I cold reboot the computer 6.093
And the computer reboots Tails 35.015
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.316
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.171
Given I enable persistence 10.267
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.220
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.919
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062
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2:7.688
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 7.960
# 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 28.728
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.384
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.693
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
37.671
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 7.555
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.604
Then persistence is disabled 0.131
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.451
And all notifications have disappeared 7.987
When I delete the persistent partition 2.602
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:17.228
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 7.271
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.048
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.918
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.763
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.088
Tags: @product
47.824
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 7.202
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.036
When I try to enable persistence 1.263
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.899
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.990
And all notifications have disappeared 7.832
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.266
And all tps features are enabled 4.533
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:9.313
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 31.423
And I enable persistence 23.337
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.959
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.612
And persistence is enabled 4.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.563
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 6.823
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.225
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.329
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 7.421
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.185
When I enable persistence 10.490
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.071
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.585
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 7.113
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.751
When I try to enable persistence 1.231
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.251
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.201
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.144
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.028
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 7.523
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.435
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.170
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 10.882
And all notifications have disappeared 9.093
# 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" 0.115
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.401
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.172
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.322
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.376
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 7.322
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.918
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.339
When I try to enable persistence 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.297
When I log in to a new session 9.541
And all notifications have disappeared 8.761
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.307
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000