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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4355 21 Apr 2026, 13:50

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 25:43.573 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:39.007
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 1:25.058
And I update APT using apt 6.667
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.260
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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39.272
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 9.088
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.203
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.311
And persistence is disabled 0.107
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:2.140
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 9.355
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.368
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.141
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 34.601
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.556
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.908
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.936
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.212
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
32.941
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 8.216
And the system is very low on memory 4.890
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.210
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.124
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.111
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.578
And I free up some memory 0.889
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.400
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.436
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 8.997
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.462
And all tps features are active 1.329
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.080
When I disable the first tps feature 2.714
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.406
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.428
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.785
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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14.381
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 8.196
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.092
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.086
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.107
When I disable the first tps feature 3.118
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.056
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.065
When I enable the first tps feature 2.518
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.578
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 7.811
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
And I disable the first tps feature 2.655
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.906
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:4.746
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 7.937
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 19.771
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.281
When I write some files expected to persist 1.161
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.088
# 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" 13.479
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:34.418
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 8.160
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 19.375
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.128
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 21.340
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:20.658
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 23.880
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.544
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.069
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048
Tags: @product
50.790
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.644
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.073
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 18.515
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 21.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:4.588
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.787
When I enable persistence 19.382
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.455
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.883
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.375
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.358
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.530
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.883
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.181
When I cold reboot the computer 7.787
And the computer reboots Tails 40.198
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.370
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.275
Given I enable persistence 9.105
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.084
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.299
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.370
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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3:2.182
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.069
# 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 50.208
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.329
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:24.927
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 25.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
49.000
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 8.943
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.199
Then persistence is disabled 0.111
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.052
And all notifications have disappeared 9.578
When I delete the persistent partition 2.698
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.416
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:31.534
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 8.197
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.067
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.514
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.508
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product
54.362
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 9.102
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 18.260
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.862
And all notifications have disappeared 8.328
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.347
And all tps features are enabled 1.840
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.339
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.454
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:18.070
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 39.213
And I enable persistence 24.931
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.357
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.536
And persistence is enabled 2.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.415
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 8.072
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.732
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
42.152
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 8.717
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 22.746
When I enable persistence 8.544
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.066
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.405
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 8.388
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.565
When I try to enable persistence 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.024
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.261
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 3.983
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.494
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.225
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
51.863
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 8.270
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.086
When I try to enable persistence 1.266
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.572
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.208
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.031
When I log in to a new session 13.152
And all notifications have disappeared 9.605
# 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" 0.283
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.478
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.297
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.441
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.407
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
56.283
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 8.551
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 16.294
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.336
When I try to enable persistence 1.227
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.315
When I log in to a new session 12.711
And all notifications have disappeared 9.942
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.842
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000