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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4233 16 Feb 2026, 11:49

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 22:31.646 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.102
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.618
And I update APT using apt 6.811
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.402
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.769
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.211
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.538
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.304
And persistence is disabled 0.104
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.358
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:48.387
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 9.273
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.338
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.098
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.329
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.550
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.119
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.438
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.171
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
32.251
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 8.364
And the system is very low on memory 3.256
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.243
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.194
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.109
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.408
And I free up some memory 0.980
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.098
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:37.626
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 8.318
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.354
And all tps features are active 1.744
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.772
When I disable the first tps feature 3.047
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.486
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.798
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.760
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.341
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
14.025
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 8.036
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
When I disable the first tps feature 2.747
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.073
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.054
When I enable the first tps feature 2.688
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.084
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.792
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 7.927
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
And I disable the first tps feature 2.542
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.130
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:10.350
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.348
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 39.851
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.214
When I write some files expected to persist 1.387
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.935
# 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" 13.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.475
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:52.291
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 enabled and logged in 7.572
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.234
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.174
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.588
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.590
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.318
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.517
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.138
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.138
Tags: @product
43.015
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.293
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.126
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.824
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:0.288
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 9.191
When I enable persistence 15.675
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.051
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.655
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.408
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.287
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.581
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.171
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.209
When I cold reboot the computer 10.207
And the computer reboots Tails 39.486
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.338
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.294
Given I enable persistence 7.853
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.095
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.332
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.254
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:17.327
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 8.653
# 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 28.576
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.525
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.854
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.346
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
39.433
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 8.319
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.229
Then persistence is disabled 0.116
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.927
And all notifications have disappeared 8.471
When I delete the persistent partition 2.912
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.456
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:26.945
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.896
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.051
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.871
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.897
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
46.404
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 9.075
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.099
When I try to enable persistence 1.318
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.673
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.379
And all notifications have disappeared 8.137
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.290
And all tps features are enabled 1.553
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:9.271
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 32.889
And I enable persistence 22.133
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.112
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.581
And persistence is enabled 1.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.893
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 7.808
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.479
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.734
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 8.323
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.073
When I enable persistence 7.263
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
27.004
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.461
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.835
When I try to enable persistence 1.340
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.145
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.647
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.211
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.418
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.991
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.085
When I try to enable persistence 1.237
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.683
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I log in to a new session 11.975
And all notifications have disappeared 9.806
# 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 0.596
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.170
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.487
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
50.310
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 8.091
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.043
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.364
When I try to enable persistence 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 5.567
When I log in to a new session 12.276
And all notifications have disappeared 11.040
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.964
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000