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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4245 22 Feb 2026, 12:19

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 31:14.147 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:8.514
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:53.403
And I update APT using apt 7.590
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.343
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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37.224
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 12.000
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.452
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.337
And persistence is disabled 0.121
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.324
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:2.586
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 14.479
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.332
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.122
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 25.198
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.576
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.881
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.705
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.222
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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35.810
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 10.425
And the system is very low on memory 4.217
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.250
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.654
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.114
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.481
And I free up some memory 0.959
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.211
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:52.127
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 11.788
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.431
And all tps features are active 1.993
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.254
When I disable the first tps feature 3.172
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.898
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.171
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:16.425
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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15.454
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 9.697
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.093
When I disable the first tps feature 2.767
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.064
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.040
When I enable the first tps feature 2.523
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
15.632
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 9.559
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.119
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
And I disable the first tps feature 2.733
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.097
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
59.460
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 9.490
And the network is plugged 0.087
And Tor is ready 22.657
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.546
When I write some files expected to persist 1.315
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.707
# 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" 17.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.334
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:39.794
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 9.553
And the network is plugged 0.069
And Tor is ready 17.839
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.248
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 21.174
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:26.569
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.067
And Tor is ready 23.516
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.413
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.080
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.088
Tags: @product
49.892
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 11.785
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.107
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.173
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 23.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:31.840
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 27.733
When I enable persistence 21.359
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.788
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.974
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.533
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.425
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.629
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.750
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.158
When I cold reboot the computer 10.366
And the computer reboots Tails 42.280
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.476
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.359
Given I enable persistence 10.242
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.128
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.407
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.061
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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2:26.112
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 11.792
# 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 31.516
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.546
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:17.040
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product
49.939
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 13.184
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.177
Then persistence is disabled 0.118
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.892
And all notifications have disappeared 10.345
When I delete the persistent partition 2.810
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.409
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.444
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 10.917
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.054
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.730
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:17.500
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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56.010
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 11.727
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.076
When I try to enable persistence 1.328
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.765
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.955
And all notifications have disappeared 9.589
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.395
And all tps features are enabled 2.238
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:6.598
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 5:23.478
And I enable persistence 28.464
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.916
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.666
And persistence is enabled 2.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.258
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 9.327
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.276
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
36.720
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 12.501
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.097
When I enable persistence 10.711
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.071
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.793
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 11.223
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.861
When I try to enable persistence 1.316
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.693
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.295
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.871
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.200
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
54.234
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.203
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.082
When I try to enable persistence 1.287
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.362
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.302
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I log in to a new session 13.135
And all notifications have disappeared 10.583
# 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" 0.216
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.563
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.418
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.955
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
53.696
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 10.526
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.449
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.372
When I try to enable persistence 1.309
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.858
When I log in to a new session 12.275
And all notifications have disappeared 10.465
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.326
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000