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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4252 24 Feb 2026, 23:36

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 29:36.873 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
Tags: @product
2:5.890
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:53.074
And I update APT using apt 5.409
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.296
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
28.383
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 10.936
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.956
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.299
And persistence is disabled 0.115
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:58.141
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 10.045
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.292
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.145
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 23.264
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.639
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.893
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.146
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.625
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
33.969
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 10.193
And the system is very low on memory 0.981
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.219
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.872
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.165
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.673
And I free up some memory 1.141
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.080
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:48.053
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.088
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.305
And all tps features are active 1.973
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.175
When I disable the first tps feature 2.657
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.970
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.832
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.558
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product
15.663
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 enabled and logged in 9.948
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.098
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I disable the first tps feature 2.714
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.071
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.053
When I enable the first tps feature 2.528
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
17.044
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 9.600
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
And I disable the first tps feature 2.695
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.543
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:15.677
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 12.914
And the network is plugged 0.061
And Tor is ready 18.471
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.572
When I write some files expected to persist 1.624
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.186
# 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" 18.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:39.304
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 9.635
And the network is plugged 0.058
And Tor is ready 16.034
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.127
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.198
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:30.025
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.049
And Tor is ready 24.327
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.491
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.092
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041
Tags: @product
41.871
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 9.936
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.091
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 10.933
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:5.472
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 9.829
When I enable persistence 14.304
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.460
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.025
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.610
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.450
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.694
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.307
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.323
When I cold reboot the computer 9.029
And the computer reboots Tails 42.448
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.493
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.345
Given I enable persistence 10.630
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.099
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.472
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.755
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
2:33.057
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 9.893
# 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 20.626
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.772
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:16.329
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 38.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product
39.234
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.858
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.731
Then persistence is disabled 0.155
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.746
And all notifications have disappeared 10.129
When I delete the persistent partition 3.086
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.428
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 9.566
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.077
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.815
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.673
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.294
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
49.068
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 9.569
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.077
When I try to enable persistence 1.237
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.996
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.396
And all notifications have disappeared 10.031
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.415
And all tps features are enabled 2.327
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:48.534
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 5:9.340
And I enable persistence 23.990
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.167
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.769
And persistence is enabled 2.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.188
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 8.717
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.743
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
29.047
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 10.111
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 4.913
When I enable persistence 11.373
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.077
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.674
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 9.717
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.755
When I try to enable persistence 1.392
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.348
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.249
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.697
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.282
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.060
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 9.744
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.088
When I try to enable persistence 1.354
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.451
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.288
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I log in to a new session 12.118
And all notifications have disappeared 10.758
# 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" 0.302
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.537
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.233
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.949
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.106
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 10.042
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.260
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.378
When I try to enable persistence 1.293
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.752
When I log in to a new session 11.784
And all notifications have disappeared 10.917
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.574
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000