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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4344 14 Apr 2026, 16:42

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 27:43.260 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:51.224
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 1:34.286
And I update APT using apt 9.859
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.252
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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44.719
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 8.601
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.618
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.233
And persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 15.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:21.137
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 12.479
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.326
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.088
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 46.641
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.387
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.297
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.592
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.269
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038
Tags: @product
48.422
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 7.494
And the system is very low on memory 22.308
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.660
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.401
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.084
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.342
And I free up some memory 1.392
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.695
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:0.495
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 9.264
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.685
And all tps features are active 1.214
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.973
When I disable the first tps feature 2.780
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.118
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 35.436
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.942
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043
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12.909
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 7.468
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.093
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.049
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.077
When I disable the first tps feature 2.559
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.047
When I enable the first tps feature 2.459
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
12.944
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 7.298
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.156
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
And I disable the first tps feature 2.544
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.853
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:27.619
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 7.431
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 44.983
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.171
When I write some files expected to persist 1.070
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 21.575
# 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" 12.369
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:31.763
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 7.720
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 22.911
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.122
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 25.504
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.862
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 22.037
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.380
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.062
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036
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1:10.079
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 8.644
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.212
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 32.434
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 27.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:7.824
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 9.309
When I enable persistence 31.362
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.724
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.747
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.309
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.245
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.549
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.700
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.125
When I cold reboot the computer 10.080
And the computer reboots Tails 36.290
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.307
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.226
Given I enable persistence 6.855
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.094
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.202
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.522
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:34.113
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 8.502
# 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 39.366
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.822
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.470
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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1:1.645
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 8.353
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.474
Then persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 20.979
And all notifications have disappeared 8.842
When I delete the persistent partition 2.618
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.516
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 7.927
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.082
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.935
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.319
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044
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55.480
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 7.896
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.145
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 24.266
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.603
And all notifications have disappeared 8.174
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.270
And all tps features are enabled 1.045
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:25.795
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 44.400
And I enable persistence 29.579
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.719
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.590
And persistence is enabled 1.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.684
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 7.313
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.851
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
42.933
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 8.579
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 26.040
When I enable persistence 6.650
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
46.673
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 7.660
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 30.802
When I try to enable persistence 1.265
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.276
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.224
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.327
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.180
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
51.718
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 7.522
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.067
When I try to enable persistence 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 17.722
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.210
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 10.926
And all notifications have disappeared 9.417
# 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" 0.192
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.091
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.259
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.316
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
59.557
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 7.605
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 21.642
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.309
When I try to enable persistence 1.317
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.714
When I log in to a new session 11.361
And all notifications have disappeared 10.224
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.686
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000