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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4247 23 Feb 2026, 16:44

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 35:5.690 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:14.581
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 1:58.875
And I update APT using apt 8.090
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.332
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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42.536
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 13.726
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.793
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.493
And persistence is disabled 0.128
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.394
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:13.113
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 14.908
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.497
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.101
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 27.058
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.650
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:19.225
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.544
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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41.038
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 11.363
And the system is very low on memory 4.375
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.224
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.326
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.201
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.696
And I free up some memory 1.656
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.629
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:4.113
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 15.136
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.442
And all tps features are active 2.388
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.897
When I disable the first tps feature 3.152
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.087
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.858
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:23.739
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.410
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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17.380
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 10.925
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.087
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.083
When I disable the first tps feature 3.243
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.091
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.052
When I enable the first tps feature 2.673
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
17.080
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 10.812
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.108
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.101
And I disable the first tps feature 2.764
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.245
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:40.403
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 10.678
And the network is plugged 0.058
And Tor is ready 22.938
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.520
When I write some files expected to persist 1.637
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 38.794
# 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" 18.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:56.979
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 12.001
And the network is plugged 0.066
And Tor is ready 20.487
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.182
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 26.301
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:33.210
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.068
And Tor is ready 23.749
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.523
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.095
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.049
Tags: @product
53.672
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.121
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.105
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.063
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 24.382
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:49.105
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 13.576
When I enable persistence 30.544
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.705
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 41.740
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.646
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.480
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.910
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 31.054
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.183
When I cold reboot the computer 11.504
And the computer reboots Tails 49.359
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.509
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.401
Given I enable persistence 14.715
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.103
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.443
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.016
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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2:48.251
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 16.683
# 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 31.273
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.065
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:22.282
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 27.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.324
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product
52.051
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 11.643
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.324
Then persistence is disabled 0.119
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.695
And all notifications have disappeared 11.317
When I delete the persistent partition 3.461
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:49.064
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 10.545
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.086
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.529
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:27.205
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:7.459
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 11.652
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.084
When I try to enable persistence 1.287
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.950
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 18.099
And all notifications have disappeared 10.829
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 2.527
And all tps features are enabled 2.710
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.317
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:44.247
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 5:52.821
And I enable persistence 33.580
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 14.757
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.774
And persistence is enabled 2.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.418
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 10.221
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.389
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
41.235
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 12.901
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.408
When I enable persistence 14.027
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
36.246
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 11.822
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.088
When I try to enable persistence 1.379
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 6.160
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.298
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.214
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.507
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.395
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.379
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:1.093
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 10.683
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.128
When I try to enable persistence 1.547
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.732
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.350
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.060
When I log in to a new session 15.771
And all notifications have disappeared 11.802
# 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" 0.318
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.649
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.297
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.520
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:1.615
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 11.087
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.447
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.403
When I try to enable persistence 1.440
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 5.573
When I log in to a new session 13.727
And all notifications have disappeared 13.059
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.811
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000