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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4255 26 Feb 2026, 12:23

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 30:53.007 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:8.039
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 1:53.956
And I update APT using apt 6.542
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.354
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.185
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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27.072
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 9.762
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.938
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.313
And persistence is disabled 0.117
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:58.094
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 10.653
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.392
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.152
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 23.414
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.587
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.962
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:17.204
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.656
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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48.153
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 10.546
And the system is very low on memory 1.274
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.320
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.103
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.328
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.657
And I free up some memory 1.369
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 24.800
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:50.379
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 enabled and logged in 10.022
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.316
And all tps features are active 2.178
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.501
When I disable the first tps feature 2.771
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.262
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.728
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:20.330
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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15.894
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 10.188
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.088
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.075
When I disable the first tps feature 2.637
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.071
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.049
When I enable the first tps feature 2.592
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
16.199
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 enabled and logged in 10.063
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.104
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.088
And I disable the first tps feature 2.716
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.144
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:4.084
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 enabled and logged in 10.284
And the network is plugged 0.088
And Tor is ready 15.310
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.576
When I write some files expected to persist 1.577
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.230
# 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" 19.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:34.151
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 10.232
And the network is plugged 0.087
And Tor is ready 15.253
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.154
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.465
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:24.530
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.097
And Tor is ready 25.424
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.533
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.108
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.071
Tags: @product
42.335
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 10.311
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.100
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.749
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:11.815
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 10.263
When I enable persistence 12.614
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.995
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.625
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.614
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.519
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.779
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 28.251
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.153
When I cold reboot the computer 6.205
And the computer reboots Tails 45.882
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.595
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.365
Given I enable persistence 11.823
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.136
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.435
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.310
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
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2:52.606
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.548
# 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 23.802
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.461
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:39.908
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 29.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product
42.790
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 10.113
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.096
Then persistence is disabled 0.140
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.171
And all notifications have disappeared 10.576
When I delete the persistent partition 3.194
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.233
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 10.164
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.105
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.024
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:22.291
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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1:20.703
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 10.211
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.082
When I try to enable persistence 1.243
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 26.685
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.964
And all notifications have disappeared 12.925
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.540
And all tps features are enabled 2.784
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:51.525
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.014
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 5:10.227
And I enable persistence 26.000
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.355
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.693
And persistence is enabled 2.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.410
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.912
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 10.530
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.710
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
28.936
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 9.961
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 4.891
When I enable persistence 11.385
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.456
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 9.678
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.088
When I try to enable persistence 1.349
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.692
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.307
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.823
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.316
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.419
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 9.499
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.104
When I try to enable persistence 1.277
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.113
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.298
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I log in to a new session 12.534
And all notifications have disappeared 11.275
# 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" 0.244
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.534
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.268
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.937
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
57.201
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 9.909
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.448
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.407
When I try to enable persistence 1.230
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 5.053
When I log in to a new session 14.326
And all notifications have disappeared 13.511
Then the Tor Browser starts 5.043
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000