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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4277 13 Mar 2026, 07:36

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 21:10.282 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.371
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 1:17.550
And I update APT using apt 5.730
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.279
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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28.451
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 8.762
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.365
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.347
And persistence is disabled 0.112
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.197
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 8.519
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.306
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.134
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.008
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.441
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.162
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.361
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.207
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
Tags: @product
28.125
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 7.492
And the system is very low on memory 3.033
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.179
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.762
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.087
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.336
And I free up some memory 0.794
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.382
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.923
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 8.240
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.269
And all tps features are active 1.112
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.045
When I disable the first tps feature 2.609
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.089
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.350
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.970
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
12.958
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 7.651
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.082
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I disable the first tps feature 2.454
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.043
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.039
When I enable the first tps feature 2.459
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
12.980
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 7.468
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
And I disable the first tps feature 2.452
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.888
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
55.866
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 7.271
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 16.038
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.299
When I write some files expected to persist 1.237
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.712
# 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" 12.290
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.421
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:18.320
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 7.463
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 16.208
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.143
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.722
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.471
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 22.663
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.411
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.065
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.080
Tags: @product
39.923
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.621
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.089
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.083
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.398
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:50.145
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 8.567
When I enable persistence 12.758
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.008
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.652
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.429
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.277
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.573
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.410
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.118
When I cold reboot the computer 10.241
And the computer reboots Tails 37.075
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.370
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.221
Given I enable persistence 7.466
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.104
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.221
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.497
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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2:9.117
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 8.596
# 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 24.769
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.461
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.464
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
38.351
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 8.447
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.428
Then persistence is disabled 0.106
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.092
And all notifications have disappeared 8.265
When I delete the persistent partition 2.653
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:17.451
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 7.498
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.054
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.636
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.062
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
40.843
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 7.931
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.303
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.785
And all notifications have disappeared 8.161
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.250
And all tps features are enabled 1.047
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:0.787
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 29.944
And I enable persistence 19.215
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.403
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.602
And persistence is enabled 1.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.547
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 6.996
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.013
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.342
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 8.025
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.871
When I enable persistence 6.644
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.451
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 8.155
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.666
When I try to enable persistence 1.316
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.449
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.202
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.497
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.142
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.462
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 7.834
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.070
When I try to enable persistence 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.372
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I log in to a new session 10.505
And all notifications have disappeared 9.395
# 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" 0.194
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.129
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.308
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.360
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.662
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 7.542
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.816
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.357
When I try to enable persistence 1.210
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.071
When I log in to a new session 10.395
And all notifications have disappeared 9.777
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.753
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000