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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4354 21 Apr 2026, 11:18

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 25:33.553 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:45.224
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 1:30.823
And I update APT using apt 7.017
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.293
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.718
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 9.381
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.265
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.310
And persistence is disabled 0.137
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:3.477
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 8.986
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.592
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.183
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 32.088
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.446
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.217
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.700
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.203
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
32.887
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 logged in 8.269
And the system is very low on memory 5.489
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.197
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.635
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.157
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.454
And I free up some memory 0.869
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.270
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:56.820
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 22.082
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.356
And all tps features are active 1.215
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.046
When I disable the first tps feature 2.770
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.246
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.787
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.945
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.368
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045
Tags: @product
13.453
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 7.818
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.100
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.094
When I disable the first tps feature 2.665
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.069
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.473
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.958
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 8.103
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.104
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 2.716
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.926
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
51.720
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 7.655
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 19.270
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.328
When I write some files expected to persist 1.251
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.709
# 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" 13.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:59.921
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.780
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 19.202
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.132
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.816
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:24.596
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 42.692
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.428
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.067
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050
Tags: @product
50.124
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 9.275
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.145
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 21.271
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:10.593
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 9.728
When I enable persistence 21.567
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.953
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.467
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.369
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.299
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.778
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 28.203
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.185
When I cold reboot the computer 10.706
And the computer reboots Tails 41.712
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.313
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.218
Given I enable persistence 7.733
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.085
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.348
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.725
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
2:39.833
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 8.655
# 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 36.322
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.569
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:24.327
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.412
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product
48.046
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 8.309
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.459
Then persistence is disabled 0.167
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.837
And all notifications have disappeared 9.000
When I delete the persistent partition 2.852
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.418
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:31.090
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 8.240
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.071
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.454
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.089
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
50.593
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 8.006
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.082
When I try to enable persistence 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.115
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.082
And all notifications have disappeared 8.244
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 2.044
And all tps features are enabled 1.486
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.340
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:22.120
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 39.025
And I enable persistence 25.640
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 14.984
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.638
And persistence is enabled 1.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.830
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 7.759
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.494
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.522
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 9.056
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 14.229
When I enable persistence 7.214
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.325
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.369
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 14.529
When I try to enable persistence 1.229
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.158
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.560
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.255
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
52.011
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 8.621
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.073
When I try to enable persistence 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 14.066
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.230
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.042
When I log in to a new session 13.093
And all notifications have disappeared 9.259
# 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" 0.227
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.590
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.254
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.437
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.279
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 8.317
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.038
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.411
When I try to enable persistence 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.822
When I log in to a new session 11.805
And all notifications have disappeared 9.191
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.419
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000