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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4172 16 Jan 2026, 11:51

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 20:48.755 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.705
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.043
And I update APT using apt 6.426
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.284
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
29.210
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 9.218
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.476
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.328
And persistence is disabled 0.164
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.981
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.699
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.387
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.103
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.623
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.530
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.321
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.193
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
29.294
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.736
And the system is very low on memory 3.040
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.420
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.301
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.118
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.383
And I free up some memory 0.801
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.402
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.118
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.007
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.287
And all tps features are active 1.261
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.977
When I disable the first tps feature 2.486
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.238
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.725
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.045
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
13.775
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.791
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
When I disable the first tps feature 3.160
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.055
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.059
When I enable the first tps feature 2.429
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.199
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.644
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
And I disable the first tps feature 2.495
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.889
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
40.991
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.476
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 9.698
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.170
When I write some files expected to persist 1.664
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.719
# 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?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 12.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.273
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.767
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 10.037
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.168
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.710
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.081
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 11.839
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.390
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.062
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.082
Tags: @product
40.116
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.780
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.082
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.143
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:53.560
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.732
When I enable persistence 16.205
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.998
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.884
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.293
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.235
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.534
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.897
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.151
When I cold reboot the computer 9.103
And the computer reboots Tails 38.795
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.321
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.235
Given I enable persistence 7.344
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.077
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.229
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.350
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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2:11.501
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.334
# 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 29.945
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.638
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.309
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
38.576
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.650
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.060
Then persistence is disabled 0.101
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.180
And all notifications have disappeared 8.409
When I delete the persistent partition 2.764
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.409
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:23.482
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.066
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.598
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.550
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product
41.875
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.748
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.138
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.787
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.147
And all notifications have disappeared 7.805
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.247
And all tps features are enabled 1.709
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:4.062
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
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 30.511
And I enable persistence 20.092
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.195
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.643
And persistence is enabled 1.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.091
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
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 7.209
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.277
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.130
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.035
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.708
When I enable persistence 6.596
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.886
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.605
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.682
When I try to enable persistence 1.274
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.102
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.190
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.428
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.102
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.240
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.543
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.687
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.068
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 10.507
And all notifications have disappeared 9.458
# 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" 0.233
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.574
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.200
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.460
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.419
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.378
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.472
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.116
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.380
When I try to enable persistence 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.342
When I log in to a new session 10.903
And all notifications have disappeared 8.757
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.349
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000