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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4197 28 Jan 2026, 22:27

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 21:24.349 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:1.489
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:48.560
And I update APT using apt 5.753
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.228
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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28.786
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 8.858
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.929
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.242
And persistence is disabled 0.108
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:51.301
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 logged in 22.036
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.326
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.141
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.254
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.519
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.982
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.766
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.224
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
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30.135
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.945
And the system is very low on memory 3.241
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.163
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.736
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.121
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.349
And I free up some memory 0.949
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.125
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:32.304
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 8.333
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.341
And all tps features are active 1.330
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.351
When I disable the first tps feature 3.043
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.221
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.503
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.763
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.417
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
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13.138
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 7.804
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
When I disable the first tps feature 2.539
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.044
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.050
When I enable the first tps feature 2.436
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.287
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 7.398
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.120
And I disable the first tps feature 2.725
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.943
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
40.554
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 7.228
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 10.099
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.198
When I write some files expected to persist 1.218
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.389
# 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" 12.402
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:41.730
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 7.295
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 10.366
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.137
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.434
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.569
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.062
And Tor is ready 11.262
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.420
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.061
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.071
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39.322
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 8.579
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.083
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.532
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:47.445
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 8.850
When I enable persistence 13.225
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.445
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.474
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.321
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.255
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.507
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.719
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.144
When I cold reboot the computer 9.405
And the computer reboots Tails 37.248
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.315
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.237
Given I enable persistence 6.800
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.078
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.250
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.999
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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2:11.727
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 8.467
# 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 29.160
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.081
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.907
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
37.565
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 8.368
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.393
Then persistence is disabled 0.098
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.397
And all notifications have disappeared 8.237
When I delete the persistent partition 2.676
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:24.916
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.199
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.070
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.582
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.838
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.298
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
42.847
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.230
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.201
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.866
And all notifications have disappeared 7.976
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.775
And all tps features are enabled 1.432
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:4.327
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 31.319
And I enable persistence 20.694
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.127
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.584
And persistence is enabled 1.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.838
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
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 7.059
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 17.217
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.137
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 8.541
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.916
When I enable persistence 6.564
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.989
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 7.740
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.921
When I try to enable persistence 1.236
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.700
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.209
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.602
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.260
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.081
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 7.680
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.029
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.282
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.030
When I log in to a new session 10.644
And all notifications have disappeared 9.483
# 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" 0.162
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.126
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.222
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.401
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.422
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 7.664
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.284
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.328
When I try to enable persistence 1.144
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.076
When I log in to a new session 12.173
And all notifications have disappeared 8.603
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.316
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000