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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4274 12 Mar 2026, 15:22

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 24:42.369 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.890
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.801
And I update APT using apt 7.632
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.380
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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44.336
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 9.002
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.829
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.280
And persistence is disabled 0.096
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 19.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:2.153
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 9.157
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.692
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.105
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 32.572
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.581
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.264
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.566
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.177
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
35.971
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 7.471
And the system is very low on memory 9.310
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.161
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.184
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.110
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.358
And I free up some memory 0.907
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.969
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:54.908
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 enabled and logged in 8.925
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.316
And all tps features are active 1.256
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.120
When I disable the first tps feature 2.849
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.442
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 21.171
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.343
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.480
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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13.448
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 8.010
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.069
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.068
When I disable the first tps feature 2.533
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.053
When I enable the first tps feature 2.470
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.352
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 enabled and logged in 7.606
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 2.708
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.867
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:3.158
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 enabled and logged in 7.399
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 17.014
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.288
When I write some files expected to persist 1.277
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.766
# 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" 12.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:19.602
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 enabled and logged in 7.466
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 17.723
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.172
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.261
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.176
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 23.134
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.432
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.068
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038
Tags: @product
54.122
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.105
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.112
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.527
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 29.377
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.452
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:9.392
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 8.709
When I enable persistence 29.104
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.381
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.932
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.440
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.281
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.598
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.781
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.190
When I cold reboot the computer 9.530
And the computer reboots Tails 39.492
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.297
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.269
Given I enable persistence 7.679
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.098
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.313
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.050
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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2:17.553
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 8.840
# 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 32.674
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.900
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.104
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.356
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
58.592
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 8.868
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.804
Then persistence is disabled 0.093
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 20.720
And all notifications have disappeared 9.019
When I delete the persistent partition 2.757
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.143
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 enabled and logged in 8.446
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.076
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.492
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.916
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033
Tags: @product
48.641
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 8.237
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.096
When I try to enable persistence 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.164
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.266
And all notifications have disappeared 8.321
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.360
And all tps features are enabled 1.654
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.355
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:15.754
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 37.129
And I enable persistence 25.892
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.359
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.599
And persistence is enabled 1.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.329
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 7.936
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.685
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
28.189
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 8.722
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.364
When I enable persistence 7.089
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
27.561
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 8.664
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.982
When I try to enable persistence 1.250
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.495
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.521
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.200
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
50.986
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 7.943
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.085
When I try to enable persistence 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.984
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I log in to a new session 12.484
And all notifications have disappeared 9.692
# 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" 0.215
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.557
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.218
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.394
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
50.276
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 7.793
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 14.003
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.367
When I try to enable persistence 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.573
When I log in to a new session 11.519
And all notifications have disappeared 8.378
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.553
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000