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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4338 13 Apr 2026, 17:42

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 21:52.331 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:2.594
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 1:48.817
And I update APT using apt 6.625
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.273
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
26.938
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 8.590
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.474
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.301
And persistence is disabled 0.113
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.808
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 8.646
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.315
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.099
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.411
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.452
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.325
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.329
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.171
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
28.501
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 7.816
And the system is very low on memory 3.453
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.156
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.729
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.133
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.372
And I free up some memory 0.833
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.874
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:28.339
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 8.195
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.308
And all tps features are active 1.167
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.237
When I disable the first tps feature 2.580
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.226
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.774
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.658
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
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13.141
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 7.694
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.066
When I disable the first tps feature 2.591
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.049
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.036
When I enable the first tps feature 2.456
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.032
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 7.308
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
And I disable the first tps feature 2.638
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.907
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
55.852
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 7.379
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 16.086
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.322
When I write some files expected to persist 1.167
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.634
# 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" 12.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:21.295
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 7.623
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 17.215
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.230
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.928
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.681
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 21.983
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.419
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.064
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047
Tags: @product
39.072
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 8.626
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.064
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.221
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:49.068
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 8.694
When I enable persistence 14.288
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.310
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.751
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.360
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.292
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.513
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.669
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.126
When I cold reboot the computer 10.026
And the computer reboots Tails 36.500
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.245
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.257
Given I enable persistence 6.952
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.079
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.259
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.575
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
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2:12.374
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 8.298
# 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 31.355
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.070
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.748
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
37.989
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 7.712
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.615
Then persistence is disabled 0.105
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.430
And all notifications have disappeared 8.012
When I delete the persistent partition 2.737
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:22.039
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 7.866
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.040
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.548
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.347
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
Tags: @product
42.273
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 7.898
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.883
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.678
And all notifications have disappeared 8.063
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.278
And all tps features are enabled 1.053
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:4.327
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 31.185
And I enable persistence 21.084
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.902
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.512
And persistence is enabled 1.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.546
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 7.612
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.302
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.923
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 8.671
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.541
When I enable persistence 6.818
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.808
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 8.159
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.938
When I try to enable persistence 1.279
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.578
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.155
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.457
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.180
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.016
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 7.911
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.620
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.213
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 11.786
And all notifications have disappeared 8.390
# 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" 0.298
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.108
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.219
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.317
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.385
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 8.196
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.402
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.357
When I try to enable persistence 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.486
When I log in to a new session 10.388
And all notifications have disappeared 8.822
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.618
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000