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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4343 14 Apr 2026, 14:18

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 21:51.366 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.428
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 1:23.067
And I update APT using apt 7.113
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.296
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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29.281
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 8.926
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.049
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.292
And persistence is disabled 0.104
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.646
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 9.158
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.321
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.133
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.923
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.467
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.983
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.397
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.193
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product
29.417
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 7.705
And the system is very low on memory 3.459
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.179
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.803
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.123
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.505
And I free up some memory 0.951
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.610
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.581
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 8.960
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.387
And all tps features are active 1.550
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.181
When I disable the first tps feature 2.570
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.429
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.466
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.913
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
12.868
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 7.484
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
When I disable the first tps feature 2.469
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.044
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.051
When I enable the first tps feature 2.470
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.116
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 7.588
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
And I disable the first tps feature 2.538
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.806
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:21.480
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 7.442
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 40.165
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.186
When I write some files expected to persist 1.305
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.211
# 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" 12.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.349
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:24.741
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 7.641
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 16.387
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.133
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.772
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.699
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 22.477
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.392
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.074
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.049
Tags: @product
38.589
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 8.479
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.074
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.507
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:47.859
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 8.630
When I enable persistence 13.833
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.281
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.542
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.335
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.308
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.503
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.594
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.198
When I cold reboot the computer 8.746
And the computer reboots Tails 36.553
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.294
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.212
Given I enable persistence 6.970
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
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 10.394
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:11.737
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 8.124
# 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 27.844
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.247
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.850
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
38.218
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 8.453
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.873
Then persistence is disabled 0.099
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.620
And all notifications have disappeared 8.048
When I delete the persistent partition 2.719
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.404
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:17.960
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 7.939
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.054
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.938
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.747
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.280
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
39.650
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 7.908
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 8.666
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.390
And all notifications have disappeared 8.005
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.241
And all tps features are enabled 0.997
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:0.942
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 30.214
And I enable persistence 19.187
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.071
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.787
And persistence is enabled 1.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.226
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 7.131
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.543
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.047
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 8.014
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.739
When I enable persistence 6.604
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.014
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 7.708
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.502
When I try to enable persistence 1.228
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.045
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.151
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.259
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.175
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.234
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 7.582
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.033
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 10.945
And all notifications have disappeared 8.773
# 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" 0.146
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.079
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.203
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.262
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.326
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 7.807
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.188
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.319
When I try to enable persistence 1.270
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.713
When I log in to a new session 10.581
And all notifications have disappeared 8.177
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.428
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000