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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4347 15 Apr 2026, 13:29

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 27:6.430 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:48.659
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:33.735
And I update APT using apt 7.384
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.364
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:23.940
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 49.278
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.707
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.273
And persistence is disabled 0.101
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 11.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.489
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:12.877
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 8.954
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.469
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.136
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 40.495
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.692
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.562
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.314
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.205
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
41.622
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 logged in 7.869
And the system is very low on memory 13.999
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.223
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.779
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.098
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.342
And I free up some memory 0.830
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.898
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:47.603
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 8.797
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.895
And all tps features are active 1.256
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.953
When I disable the first tps feature 3.282
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.180
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.314
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.777
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
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13.531
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 7.860
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.165
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
When I disable the first tps feature 2.678
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.050
When I enable the first tps feature 2.478
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
14.228
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 7.493
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.279
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.099
And I disable the first tps feature 2.732
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.572
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:8.328
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 7.427
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 21.758
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.312
When I write some files expected to persist 1.159
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 25.034
# 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" 12.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:25.121
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 7.794
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 19.980
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.143
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.213
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.228
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 23.215
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.317
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.066
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048
Tags: @product
1:7.909
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.307
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.274
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 24.951
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 32.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:28.799
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 9.113
When I enable persistence 46.765
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.313
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.948
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.385
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" 4.515
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 28.579
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.160
When I cold reboot the computer 10.820
And the computer reboots Tails 36.758
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.285
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.245
Given I enable persistence 8.082
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.085
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.230
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.068
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.071
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2:24.309
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 9.220
# 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 35.937
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.628
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.794
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032
Tags: @product
56.793
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 8.120
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.974
Then persistence is disabled 0.122
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 12.402
And all notifications have disappeared 9.060
When I delete the persistent partition 2.725
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.387
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:35.107
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 7.983
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.083
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.514
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.225
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.300
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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50.574
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 8.209
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.184
When I try to enable persistence 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.927
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.523
And all notifications have disappeared 8.314
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.444
And all tps features are enabled 1.469
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.318
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:18.799
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 39.365
And I enable persistence 25.395
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.670
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.666
And persistence is enabled 1.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.478
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.142
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 7.199
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.364
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
39.961
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 8.222
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 23.053
When I enable persistence 6.766
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.384
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
37.221
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 7.736
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 20.733
When I try to enable persistence 1.304
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.525
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.286
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.308
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.145
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
52.675
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 7.478
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.101
When I try to enable persistence 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.627
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.226
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 13.117
And all notifications have disappeared 9.884
# 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" 0.185
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.408
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.171
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.402
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 12.426
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
54.222
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 7.726
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 19.990
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.305
When I try to enable persistence 1.233
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.669
When I log in to a new session 11.830
And all notifications have disappeared 8.162
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.594
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000