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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4346 15 Apr 2026, 11:05

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 22:33.995 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.701
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 1:22.122
And I update APT using apt 6.340
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.260
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.425
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 9.149
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.437
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.349
And persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.387
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.190
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 8.778
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.337
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.104
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.845
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.461
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.611
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.796
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.191
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
30.189
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 7.713
And the system is very low on memory 3.420
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.162
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.910
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.094
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.381
And I free up some memory 0.785
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.169
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.794
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 8.723
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.306
And all tps features are active 1.133
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.170
When I disable the first tps feature 2.685
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.355
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.388
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.826
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
Tags: @product
14.058
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 8.488
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.084
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.117
When I disable the first tps feature 2.622
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.063
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.040
When I enable the first tps feature 2.475
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.363
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 7.523
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.131
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
And I disable the first tps feature 2.665
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.912
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:16.962
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 7.506
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 40.320
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.201
When I write some files expected to persist 1.247
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.948
# 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" 12.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.334
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:29.205
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 8.354
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 18.976
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.113
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.270
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.716
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 23.089
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.432
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.072
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.060
Tags: @product
41.892
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.181
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.176
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.645
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:53.794
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 9.056
When I enable persistence 14.725
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.555
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.581
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.338
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.277
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.532
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.877
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.189
When I cold reboot the computer 10.440
And the computer reboots Tails 38.454
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.291
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.256
Given I enable persistence 7.232
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.102
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.323
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.431
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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2:13.473
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 8.446
# 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 28.494
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.769
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.545
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
41.931
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 8.748
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.661
Then persistence is disabled 0.124
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.276
And all notifications have disappeared 8.877
When I delete the persistent partition 2.864
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.378
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:21.250
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 7.721
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.067
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.555
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.641
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product
41.242
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 8.002
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.159
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.372
And all notifications have disappeared 8.200
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.307
And all tps features are enabled 0.952
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:6.024
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 31.288
And I enable persistence 23.004
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.267
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.586
And persistence is enabled 1.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
26.004
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 7.538
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 17.781
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.990
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 8.405
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.832
When I enable persistence 6.816
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.389
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 8.161
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.293
When I try to enable persistence 1.255
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.210
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.603
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.219
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.384
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.936
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 7.883
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.491
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.290
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 11.316
And all notifications have disappeared 10.005
# 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" 0.198
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.562
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.220
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.603
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.173
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 8.054
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.404
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.412
When I try to enable persistence 1.216
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.703
When I log in to a new session 11.823
And all notifications have disappeared 9.701
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.968
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000