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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4243 20 Feb 2026, 12:20

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 30:54.323 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:2.376
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 1:49.464
And I update APT using apt 5.619
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.290
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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27.720
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 10.042
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.710
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.324
And persistence is disabled 0.170
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:54.412
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 11.800
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.281
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.109
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.535
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.563
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.623
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.825
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.579
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
33.998
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 logged in 10.541
And the system is very low on memory 1.221
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.233
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.483
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.153
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.569
And I free up some memory 1.105
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.986
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:49.223
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.740
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.288
And all tps features are active 2.331
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.455
When I disable the first tps feature 2.607
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.094
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.906
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:16.629
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
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15.515
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.918
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.065
When I disable the first tps feature 2.534
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.065
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.052
When I enable the first tps feature 2.595
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
15.453
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 9.558
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
And I disable the first tps feature 2.593
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.117
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:11.640
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.326
And the network is plugged 0.056
And Tor is ready 18.748
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.706
When I write some files expected to persist 1.482
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.716
# 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" 18.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:26.254
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.528
And the network is plugged 0.081
And Tor is ready 15.147
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 2:2.391
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:33.916
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.054
And Tor is ready 24.126
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.512
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.112
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.064
Tags: @product
45.264
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.976
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.118
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 10.183
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 23.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:8.547
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.890
When I enable persistence 12.449
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.421
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.830
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.597
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.484
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 5.102
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.455
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.165
When I cold reboot the computer 8.806
And the computer reboots Tails 42.859
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.516
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.317
Given I enable persistence 12.635
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.099
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.451
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.281
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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2:15.161
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.621
# 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 22.918
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.719
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:15.220
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
39.821
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.009
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.249
Then persistence is disabled 0.143
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.815
And all notifications have disappeared 10.020
When I delete the persistent partition 3.114
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.239
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.413
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.097
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.996
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:16.450
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.280
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
46.971
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 10.068
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.277
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 7.934
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.113
And all notifications have disappeared 9.652
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.450
And all tps features are enabled 2.380
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:50.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
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 5:12.857
And I enable persistence 23.184
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.660
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.785
And persistence is enabled 2.513
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.636
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
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 9.134
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.864
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
27.980
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.804
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 4.595
When I enable persistence 10.849
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.946
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.565
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.377
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.997
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.323
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.919
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.086
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.329
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.281
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.177
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.382
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.071
When I try to enable persistence 1.250
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.525
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.278
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.045
When I log in to a new session 12.002
And all notifications have disappeared 10.640
# 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" 0.282
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.424
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.261
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.968
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.978
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.956
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 4.960
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.390
When I try to enable persistence 1.231
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.434
When I log in to a new session 12.021
And all notifications have disappeared 9.228
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.640
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000