Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-dconf-state 6 25 Jul 2026, 03:48

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 21:2.343 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.364
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 1:18.622
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.617
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.270
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.746
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 8.122
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.525
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.309
And persistence is disabled 0.186
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.324
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 8.337
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.345
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.098
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.519
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.730
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.034
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.167
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
28.991
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 7.396
And the system is very low on memory 4.339
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.154
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.503
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.128
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.538
And I free up some memory 0.761
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.117
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.462
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 7.910
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.366
And all tps features are active 5.081
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.978
When I disable the first tps feature 2.539
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.779
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.647
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.472
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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12.388
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 7.058
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.069
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I disable the first tps feature 2.520
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.056
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.040
When I enable the first tps feature 2.430
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.609
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 7.077
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
And I disable the first tps feature 2.507
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.844
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.312
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 7.069
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.828
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.979
When I write some files expected to persist 1.122
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.557
# 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" 11.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.798
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 7.106
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 9.659
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.115
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.405
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.426
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 19.481
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.354
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.095
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.094
Tags: @product
38.599
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 8.052
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.080
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.600
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:48.184
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 8.225
When I enable persistence 17.526
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.553
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.401
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.293
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.288
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.508
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.985
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.146
When I cold reboot the computer 6.035
And the computer reboots Tails 35.912
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.244
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.175
Given I enable persistence 10.792
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.064
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.242
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.647
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:7.215
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 7.672
# 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 28.626
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.416
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.878
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product
38.726
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 7.574
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.178
Then persistence is disabled 0.103
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.906
And all notifications have disappeared 7.891
When I delete the persistent partition 2.704
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.367
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:20.107
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 7.329
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.049
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.354
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.152
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
47.910
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 7.802
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.277
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.968
And all notifications have disappeared 7.741
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.273
And all tps features are enabled 4.740
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:9.253
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 31.620
And I enable persistence 22.766
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.134
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.551
And persistence is enabled 5.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.714
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 7.119
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.109
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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32.554
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 7.742
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.612
When I enable persistence 10.214
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 4.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.530
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 7.601
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.106
When I try to enable persistence 1.269
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.076
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.351
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.087
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.154
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.674
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 7.276
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.170
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.177
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 10.015
And all notifications have disappeared 9.091
# 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" 0.209
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.353
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.173
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.247
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.874
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 7.282
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.203
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.306
When I try to enable persistence 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.651
When I log in to a new session 9.735
And all notifications have disappeared 8.554
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.249
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000