Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-dconf-state 7 26 Jul 2026, 03:53

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 22:27.444 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.423
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 1:20.443
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.759
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.289
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.425
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 8.601
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.712
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.276
And persistence is disabled 0.094
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.991
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 logged in 8.676
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.286
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.095
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.836
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.082
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.687
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.065
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.209
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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31.506
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 logged in 7.448
And the system is very low on memory 4.891
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.259
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.701
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 2.399
And I free up some memory 0.881
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.750
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:45.815
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 8.136
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.286
And all tps features are active 5.563
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.280
When I disable the first tps feature 2.586
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.211
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.868
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.069
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
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13.082
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 7.575
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.082
When I disable the first tps feature 2.641
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.046
When I enable the first tps feature 2.441
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.346
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 7.174
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.137
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
And I disable the first tps feature 2.522
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.411
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.242
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 7.309
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.671
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.662
When I write some files expected to persist 1.066
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.671
# 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" 12.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:54.736
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 7.324
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 18.114
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.149
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.296
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.205
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.981
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.410
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.061
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059
Tags: @product
44.426
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 8.712
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.073
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.935
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:56.286
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 8.210
When I enable persistence 20.283
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.755
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.713
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.326
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.237
# 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 24.660
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.134
When I cold reboot the computer 7.687
And the computer reboots Tails 36.996
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.304
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.186
Given I enable persistence 10.971
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.292
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.796
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:12.891
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 8.141
# 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 29.466
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.872
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.708
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product
41.335
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 7.978
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.772
Then persistence is disabled 0.123
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.575
And all notifications have disappeared 8.188
When I delete the persistent partition 3.282
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:25.618
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 7.599
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.068
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.141
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.502
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.306
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
53.449
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 7.545
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.067
When I try to enable persistence 1.208
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.801
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.995
And all notifications have disappeared 8.017
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.272
And all tps features are enabled 4.994
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:15.749
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 33.132
And I enable persistence 26.511
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.669
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.596
And persistence is enabled 5.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.754
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 7.089
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.113
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
36.743
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 7.803
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 12.023
When I enable persistence 10.828
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.071
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.792
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 7.827
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.547
When I try to enable persistence 1.337
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.184
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.334
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.147
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.998
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 8.140
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.227
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.457
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 11.406
And all notifications have disappeared 9.350
# 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" 0.207
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.621
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.195
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.325
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.829
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 7.608
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.954
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.401
When I try to enable persistence 1.251
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.026
When I log in to a new session 10.358
And all notifications have disappeared 9.109
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.396
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000