Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-dconf-state 8 27 Jul 2026, 03:45

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 20:46.245 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.151
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 1:19.794
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.273
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.248
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.400
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 8.223
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.823
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.273
And persistence is disabled 0.077
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.713
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 7.920
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.266
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.095
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.805
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 5.576
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.786
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.167
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
28.566
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 7.194
And the system is very low on memory 4.625
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.161
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.717
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.095
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.380
And I free up some memory 0.840
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.491
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.717
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 7.877
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.311
And all tps features are active 4.887
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.936
When I disable the first tps feature 2.461
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.711
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.925
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.934
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
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12.653
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 7.289
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
When I disable the first tps feature 2.504
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.036
When I enable the first tps feature 2.434
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.567
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 7.031
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.043
And I disable the first tps feature 2.502
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.855
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.594
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 7.160
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.115
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.043
When I write some files expected to persist 1.085
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.351
# 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" 11.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.465
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 6.975
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 8.300
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.127
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.395
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.337
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 12.722
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.364
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.054
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.098
Tags: @product
38.467
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 8.029
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.076
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.277
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.418
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.191
When I enable persistence 18.399
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.501
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.224
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.294
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" 4.554
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.839
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.128
When I cold reboot the computer 4.742
And the computer reboots Tails 35.135
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.267
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.224
Given I enable persistence 9.563
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.088
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.234
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.673
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:4.717
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 7.696
# 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 27.343
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.394
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.148
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product
37.868
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 7.525
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.931
Then persistence is disabled 0.096
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.114
And all notifications have disappeared 8.195
When I delete the persistent partition 2.646
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.359
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:16.526
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 7.168
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.055
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.458
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.639
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048
Tags: @product
48.754
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 7.582
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.426
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.398
And all notifications have disappeared 7.859
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.284
And all tps features are enabled 4.223
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:11.063
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 32.545
And I enable persistence 23.903
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.974
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.635
And persistence is enabled 5.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.731
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 6.818
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.386
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.727
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 8.068
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.323
When I enable persistence 10.329
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 4.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.706
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 7.266
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.411
When I try to enable persistence 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.055
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.404
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.137
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.940
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 7.241
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.342
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 10.094
And all notifications have disappeared 9.086
# 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" 0.140
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.386
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.299
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.235
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.490
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 7.174
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.172
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.331
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.627
When I log in to a new session 9.669
And all notifications have disappeared 9.154
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.519
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000