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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4275 12 Mar 2026, 16:11

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 26:1.653 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:10.405
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 1:55.171
And I update APT using apt 7.682
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.357
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
51.900
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 9.311
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.735
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.297
And persistence is disabled 0.104
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 26.451
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:5.252
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 9.362
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.313
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.096
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 33.355
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.480
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.331
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.996
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.247
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
35.030
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 logged in 7.849
And the system is very low on memory 7.042
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.191
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.348
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.125
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.419
And I free up some memory 0.942
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.538
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:49.396
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 9.127
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.396
And all tps features are active 1.242
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.905
When I disable the first tps feature 2.743
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.517
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.788
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.292
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.383
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
14.952
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 8.991
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.075
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.081
When I disable the first tps feature 3.023
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.040
When I enable the first tps feature 2.465
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.084
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.950
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 7.866
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.115
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.125
And I disable the first tps feature 2.807
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.955
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
50.202
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 7.718
And the network is plugged 0.104
And Tor is ready 19.286
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.229
When I write some files expected to persist 1.282
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.724
# 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" 12.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:36.852
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 8.714
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 18.624
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.141
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.304
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:23.082
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 23.329
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.418
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.070
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040
Tags: @product
57.438
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 9.750
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.138
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.693
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 30.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:5.031
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 9.363
When I enable persistence 19.963
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.891
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.848
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.368
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.402
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.733
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.031
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.136
When I cold reboot the computer 10.797
And the computer reboots Tails 38.554
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.359
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.179
Given I enable persistence 8.421
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.090
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.292
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.357
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product
2:37.972
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 9.415
# 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 43.196
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.041
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.753
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
45.626
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 8.718
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.418
Then persistence is disabled 0.129
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.442
And all notifications have disappeared 8.604
When I delete the persistent partition 2.878
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.589
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 8.421
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.064
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.735
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:16.120
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
53.800
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.053
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.199
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.219
And all notifications have disappeared 8.694
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.271
And all tps features are enabled 1.623
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:22.761
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 40.878
And I enable persistence 26.996
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.351
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.583
And persistence is enabled 1.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.151
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 8.008
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.462
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.078
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 9.201
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 15.886
When I enable persistence 6.959
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.348
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.050
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.671
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.102
When I try to enable persistence 1.318
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.731
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.693
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.077
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.197
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
54.006
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 8.208
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.508
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.255
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.075
When I log in to a new session 14.228
And all notifications have disappeared 10.349
# 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" 0.234
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.671
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.337
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.980
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
54.199
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 8.306
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.584
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.406
When I try to enable persistence 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.949
When I log in to a new session 13.459
And all notifications have disappeared 8.948
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.473
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000