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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4293 25 Mar 2026, 14:09

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 23:42.668 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:10.300
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:55.468
And I update APT using apt 7.514
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.262
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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35.098
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 10.250
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.040
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.300
And persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.411
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:48.594
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 9.515
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.427
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.129
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.585
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.433
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.041
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.314
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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32.648
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 8.408
And the system is very low on memory 4.048
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.172
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.135
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.158
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.652
And I free up some memory 1.185
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.324
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:43.680
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 9.019
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.494
And all tps features are active 1.576
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.637
When I disable the first tps feature 3.114
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.196
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.564
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.743
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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15.004
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 8.762
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.111
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.069
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.144
When I disable the first tps feature 3.185
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.038
When I enable the first tps feature 2.524
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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14.494
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 7.947
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.096
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
And I disable the first tps feature 3.052
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.245
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:1.338
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 7.486
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 18.257
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.233
When I write some files expected to persist 1.327
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.051
# 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" 13.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:28.133
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 7.699
And the network is plugged 0.078
And Tor is ready 18.211
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 25.402
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.775
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 23.508
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.431
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.102
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.054
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43.761
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.510
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.076
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.915
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:57.637
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 9.293
When I enable persistence 15.898
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.978
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.468
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.446
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.259
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.628
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.917
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.171
When I cold reboot the computer 9.371
And the computer reboots Tails 39.273
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.296
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.234
Given I enable persistence 7.236
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.261
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.661
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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2:16.199
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 8.630
# 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 29.446
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.666
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:10.668
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041
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41.295
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 8.332
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.276
Then persistence is disabled 0.109
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.522
And all notifications have disappeared 8.375
When I delete the persistent partition 3.313
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.365
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:27.368
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 8.779
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.060
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.158
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.140
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
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46.182
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.983
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.087
When I try to enable persistence 1.234
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.058
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.036
And all notifications have disappeared 8.420
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.375
And all tps features are enabled 1.639
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:10.778
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 34.594
And I enable persistence 21.344
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.430
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.637
And persistence is enabled 1.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.914
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 7.422
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.921
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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26.983
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 9.057
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.768
When I enable persistence 7.724
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.070
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.363
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
26.281
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 8.236
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.830
When I try to enable persistence 1.323
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.818
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.229
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.568
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.190
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.743
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 8.569
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.700
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.202
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I log in to a new session 13.084
And all notifications have disappeared 9.330
# 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" 0.184
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.460
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.176
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.873
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.227
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 7.882
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.581
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.389
When I try to enable persistence 1.258
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.407
When I log in to a new session 10.937
And all notifications have disappeared 8.933
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.795
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000