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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4186 23 Jan 2026, 11:42

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 24:58.058 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:38.562
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 1:24.339
And I update APT using apt 6.836
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.329
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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52.495
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 9.320
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.408
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.359
And persistence is disabled 0.196
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 24.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:1.171
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 9.028
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.385
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.121
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 34.962
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.465
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.564
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.424
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.174
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
Tags: @product
37.871
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 7.654
And the system is very low on memory 10.107
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.157
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.004
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.132
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.346
And I free up some memory 0.842
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.138
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:49.476
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 9.074
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.415
And all tps features are active 1.200
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.184
When I disable the first tps feature 3.026
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.135
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.443
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.713
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
13.199
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 7.735
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.066
When I disable the first tps feature 2.623
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.054
When I enable the first tps feature 2.430
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.574
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 7.336
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.114
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
And I disable the first tps feature 2.905
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.068
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
45.681
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 7.542
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 11.326
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.226
When I write some files expected to persist 1.167
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.429
# 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" 12.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:50.270
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 7.327
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 10.922
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.151
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.284
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.874
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 13.125
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.360
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.044
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.054
Tags: @product
1:6.977
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 9.131
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.139
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 17.259
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 39.445
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:8.596
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 8.638
When I enable persistence 28.995
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.287
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.866
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.310
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.367
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.567
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.467
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.158
When I cold reboot the computer 9.268
And the computer reboots Tails 39.658
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.329
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.310
Given I enable persistence 7.175
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.202
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.715
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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2:29.189
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 8.487
# 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 38.063
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.589
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.067
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
43.679
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 7.889
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.928
Then persistence is disabled 0.143
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.424
And all notifications have disappeared 8.320
When I delete the persistent partition 2.597
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.375
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:31.574
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 8.228
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.082
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.134
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.920
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
50.240
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 7.949
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.067
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 18.262
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.517
And all notifications have disappeared 7.905
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.256
And all tps features are enabled 1.064
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:23.472
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 43.420
And I enable persistence 27.897
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.694
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.643
And persistence is enabled 1.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.674
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 7.492
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.546
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
44.768
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 8.745
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 27.066
When I enable persistence 6.969
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
39.667
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 8.316
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 23.086
When I try to enable persistence 1.259
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.359
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.149
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.277
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.181
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
55.624
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 7.852
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.141
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 19.225
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.191
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I log in to a new session 11.941
And all notifications have disappeared 10.071
# 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" 0.197
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.506
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.281
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.264
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
58.291
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 7.630
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 21.554
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.354
When I try to enable persistence 1.191
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.084
When I log in to a new session 11.186
And all notifications have disappeared 9.653
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.930
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000