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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4283 16 Mar 2026, 11:25

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 24:50.802 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.736
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 1:23.174
And I update APT using apt 6.726
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.448
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.387
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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47.531
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 9.571
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.820
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.341
And persistence is disabled 0.140
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 18.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:1.291
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 9.871
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.717
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.112
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 28.820
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.483
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.810
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.237
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.191
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
36.744
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 8.679
And the system is very low on memory 7.563
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.142
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.067
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.129
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.420
And I free up some memory 1.271
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.823
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.198
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 8.756
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.595
And all tps features are active 1.768
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.607
When I disable the first tps feature 3.118
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.332
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.011
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.902
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
13.832
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 8.252
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.090
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.085
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
When I disable the first tps feature 2.588
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.068
When I enable the first tps feature 2.495
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
14.420
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 7.807
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.095
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
And I disable the first tps feature 2.631
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.711
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
56.457
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 8.155
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 19.958
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.261
When I write some files expected to persist 1.331
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.068
# 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" 13.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:33.530
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 8.391
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 19.587
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 19.846
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:22.368
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 22.521
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.416
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.054
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.065
Tags: @product
54.308
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 9.448
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.180
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.295
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 29.383
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:6.275
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 9.404
When I enable persistence 21.908
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.996
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.729
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.414
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.330
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.703
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.009
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.249
When I cold reboot the computer 9.312
And the computer reboots Tails 39.211
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.286
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.281
Given I enable persistence 8.367
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.080
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 10.603
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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2:31.099
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 9.558
# 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 34.223
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.978
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:10.328
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
45.189
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 7.917
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.464
Then persistence is disabled 0.103
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.424
And all notifications have disappeared 9.014
When I delete the persistent partition 2.797
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:26.438
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 8.115
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.079
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.935
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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49.651
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 8.201
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.221
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.655
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.169
And all notifications have disappeared 8.503
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.287
And all tps features are enabled 1.377
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:18.962
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 37.874
And I enable persistence 26.858
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.788
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.684
And persistence is enabled 1.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.075
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 7.886
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.502
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.067
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 8.614
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 16.771
When I enable persistence 6.758
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.615
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 8.572
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.439
When I try to enable persistence 1.274
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.894
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.639
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.079
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.206
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.342
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
51.067
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 8.584
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.106
When I try to enable persistence 1.244
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.872
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.208
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.031
When I log in to a new session 13.205
And all notifications have disappeared 9.671
# 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" 0.188
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.490
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.197
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.334
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
53.308
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 8.212
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 15.188
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.340
When I try to enable persistence 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.231
When I log in to a new session 12.002
And all notifications have disappeared 9.548
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.823
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000