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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4289 23 Mar 2026, 11:06

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 22:2.305 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.300
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.650
And I update APT using apt 6.089
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.341
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.457
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 9.000
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.657
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.249
And persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.449
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.455
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:45.555
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 8.895
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.309
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.091
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.990
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.431
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.553
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.934
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.297
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product
32.169
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 7.925
And the system is very low on memory 4.346
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.277
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.092
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.300
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.474
And I free up some memory 0.961
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.998
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.317
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 8.671
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.353
And all tps features are active 1.259
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.939
When I disable the first tps feature 2.657
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.262
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.569
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.004
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product
13.310
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 7.995
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I disable the first tps feature 2.467
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.055
When I enable the first tps feature 2.439
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.554
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 7.625
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.081
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
And I disable the first tps feature 2.744
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.005
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
58.064
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 7.364
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 16.393
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.241
When I write some files expected to persist 1.260
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.392
# 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" 13.394
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:14.953
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 7.596
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 16.248
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.124
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.869
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:17.624
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 22.736
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.490
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.057
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.074
Tags: @product
41.543
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.206
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.082
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.417
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.359
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:57.813
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 8.679
When I enable persistence 14.805
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.786
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.471
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.446
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.294
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.668
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.817
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.206
When I cold reboot the computer 9.753
And the computer reboots Tails 40.995
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.387
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.229
Given I enable persistence 7.685
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.084
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.225
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.119
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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2:10.185
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 8.772
# 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 24.822
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.580
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.830
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
40.636
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 8.672
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.483
Then persistence is disabled 0.084
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.126
And all notifications have disappeared 8.274
When I delete the persistent partition 2.656
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:24.247
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.021
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.482
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.056
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.551
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.834
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.323
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
42.014
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 7.836
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.148
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.036
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.206
And all notifications have disappeared 8.210
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.306
And all tps features are enabled 1.062
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:4.688
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 30.380
And I enable persistence 21.272
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.981
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.569
And persistence is enabled 1.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.601
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 7.129
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.928
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.414
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 7.909
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.655
When I enable persistence 6.719
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.605
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 7.554
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.760
When I try to enable persistence 1.308
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.163
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.152
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.409
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.183
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.359
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.024
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 7.366
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.470
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.203
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.035
When I log in to a new session 10.525
And all notifications have disappeared 9.343
# 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" 0.216
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.109
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.238
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.497
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.847
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 7.506
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.942
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.360
When I try to enable persistence 1.135
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.392
When I log in to a new session 10.466
And all notifications have disappeared 8.947
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.321
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000