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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4295 26 Mar 2026, 13:43

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 26:31.497 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:40.947
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 1:26.544
And I update APT using apt 7.416
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.221
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:4.101
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 21.964
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 24.690
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.211
And persistence is disabled 0.109
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 17.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:11.924
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 13.628
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.253
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.102
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 38.888
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.366
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.027
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.423
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.162
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
43.432
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 7.788
And the system is very low on memory 17.994
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.643
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.857
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.121
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.367
And I free up some memory 0.798
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.759
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:52.733
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 8.981
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.697
And all tps features are active 1.209
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.880
When I disable the first tps feature 2.659
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.152
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.705
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.194
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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14.019
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 7.909
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.141
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.077
When I disable the first tps feature 3.078
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.056
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.147
When I enable the first tps feature 2.449
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.690
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 7.414
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
And I disable the first tps feature 3.111
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.962
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:27.780
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 7.427
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 45.226
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.231
When I write some files expected to persist 1.176
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.810
# 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" 12.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:29.216
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 7.477
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 18.839
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.120
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.251
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.839
And I capture all network traffic 0.019
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 22.059
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.352
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.091
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.110
Tags: @product
54.826
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 8.870
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.093
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 18.939
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 25.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.464
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:17.911
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 9.641
When I enable persistence 38.688
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.419
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.860
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.443
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.264
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.546
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.587
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.163
When I cold reboot the computer 10.384
And the computer reboots Tails 36.765
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.291
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.321
Given I enable persistence 7.009
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.334
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.968
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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2:38.691
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 enabled and logged in 9.328
# 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 47.740
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.711
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.771
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
47.548
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 8.436
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.230
Then persistence is disabled 0.109
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.402
And all notifications have disappeared 9.253
When I delete the persistent partition 2.713
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.402
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.247
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 8.031
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.064
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.004
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.870
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
48.602
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 8.105
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.118
When I try to enable persistence 1.187
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.583
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.025
And all notifications have disappeared 8.080
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.270
And all tps features are enabled 1.021
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:18.058
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 38.023
And I enable persistence 25.402
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.431
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.569
And persistence is enabled 1.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.411
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.118
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 7.147
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.420
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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33.838
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 8.120
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 16.528
When I enable persistence 7.299
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.066
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.160
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 7.823
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 18.752
When I try to enable persistence 1.293
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.176
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.171
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.554
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.155
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.704
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 7.671
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.091
When I try to enable persistence 1.202
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.838
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.064
When I log in to a new session 12.530
And all notifications have disappeared 8.920
# 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" 0.312
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.537
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.161
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.254
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
53.941
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 7.556
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 16.991
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.482
When I try to enable persistence 1.226
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.133
When I log in to a new session 11.611
And all notifications have disappeared 9.173
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.928
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000