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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4249 23 Feb 2026, 23:34

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 21:40.602 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.720
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 1:18.215
And I update APT using apt 6.304
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.286
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
29.323
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.956
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.513
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.262
And persistence is disabled 0.093
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:37.376
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 logged in 8.789
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.320
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.086
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.883
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.400
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.524
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.093
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.221
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product
29.260
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 logged in 7.879
And the system is very low on memory 3.051
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.362
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.311
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.088
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.445
And I free up some memory 0.897
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.142
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.942
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 8.406
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.307
And all tps features are active 1.370
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.410
When I disable the first tps feature 2.559
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.165
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.123
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.408
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
Tags: @product
13.006
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 7.539
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I disable the first tps feature 2.557
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.044
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.064
When I enable the first tps feature 2.469
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.084
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 7.488
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.101
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
And I disable the first tps feature 2.493
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.895
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
57.971
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 7.848
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 16.117
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.209
When I write some files expected to persist 1.320
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.487
# 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" 11.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.325
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:21.005
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 7.669
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 15.570
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.140
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.184
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.279
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 22.570
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.364
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.076
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039
Tags: @product
40.578
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 9.060
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.110
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.077
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.330
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:52.432
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 9.248
When I enable persistence 13.499
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.426
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.878
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.345
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.267
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.569
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.093
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.158
When I cold reboot the computer 8.960
And the computer reboots Tails 37.215
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.286
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.219
Given I enable persistence 7.292
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.082
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.495
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.234
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
2:9.520
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 7.977
# 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 26.518
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.548
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.948
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
Tags: @product
38.461
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 7.848
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.189
Then persistence is disabled 0.146
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.661
And all notifications have disappeared 8.316
When I delete the persistent partition 2.859
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:22.756
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 7.774
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.054
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.475
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.202
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product
43.195
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 7.764
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.095
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.193
And all notifications have disappeared 8.122
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.291
And all tps features are enabled 1.158
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:3.674
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 30.690
And I enable persistence 18.929
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.883
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.567
And persistence is enabled 1.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.223
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.392
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.164
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
28.900
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 8.918
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.353
When I enable persistence 7.573
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.615
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 7.973
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.135
When I try to enable persistence 1.227
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.535
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.382
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.137
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.933
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 7.795
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.295
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.500
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 11.025
And all notifications have disappeared 9.717
# 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" 0.157
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.450
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.171
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.328
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.617
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 8.246
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.207
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.357
When I try to enable persistence 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.282
When I log in to a new session 11.771
And all notifications have disappeared 8.047
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.472
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000