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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4177 19 Jan 2026, 15:30

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 20:35.374 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.415
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.161
And I update APT using apt 5.950
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.437
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
28.010
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.652
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.641
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.268
And persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.038
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 8.942
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.359
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.113
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.208
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.469
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.300
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.413
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.167
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
28.580
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 7.731
And the system is very low on memory 3.131
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.159
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.785
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.097
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.455
And I free up some memory 0.826
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.311
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:30.403
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 8.261
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.328
And all tps features are active 1.276
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.979
When I disable the first tps feature 2.606
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.426
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.502
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.735
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035
Tags: @product
13.220
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 7.734
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I disable the first tps feature 2.602
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.059
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.036
When I enable the first tps feature 2.523
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.371
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 7.155
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
And I disable the first tps feature 3.020
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.033
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
41.274
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 7.399
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 10.069
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.256
When I write some files expected to persist 1.265
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.406
# 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" 12.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:42.545
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 7.377
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 9.948
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.147
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.432
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.128
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 11.929
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.353
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.058
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047
Tags: @product
40.346
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.096
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.084
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.048
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:48.495
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 9.069
When I enable persistence 13.815
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.536
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.654
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.414
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.220
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.525
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.855
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.163
When I cold reboot the computer 9.192
And the computer reboots Tails 36.112
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.239
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.243
Given I enable persistence 7.711
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.079
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.258
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.238
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:14.180
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 8.538
# 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 28.920
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.871
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.358
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.490
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
38.995
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.276
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.633
Then persistence is disabled 0.093
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.193
And all notifications have disappeared 8.532
When I delete the persistent partition 2.818
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.447
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:22.910
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 7.835
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.057
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.327
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.275
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.414
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034
Tags: @product
41.591
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.855
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.147
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.544
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.691
And all notifications have disappeared 8.038
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.329
And all tps features are enabled 1.401
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:3.668
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
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 30.934
And I enable persistence 20.350
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.989
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.653
And persistence is enabled 1.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.059
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.221
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.292
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.889
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.088
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.139
When I enable persistence 6.687
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.403
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 7.890
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.804
When I try to enable persistence 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.488
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.349
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.243
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.803
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.754
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.380
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.210
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 11.835
And all notifications have disappeared 9.007
# 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" 0.261
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.455
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.161
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.384
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.170
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.631
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.002
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.395
When I try to enable persistence 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.851
When I log in to a new session 10.503
And all notifications have disappeared 8.536
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.269
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000