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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4356 21 Apr 2026, 18:13

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 23:42.610 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:38.158
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 1:24.068
And I update APT using apt 6.890
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.268
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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30.304
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 9.568
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.778
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.259
And persistence is disabled 0.134
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:45.795
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 8.835
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.416
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.130
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.492
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.421
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.914
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.290
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.232
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product
31.851
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.468
And the system is very low on memory 4.065
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.207
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.740
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.140
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.544
And I free up some memory 0.869
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.248
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.512
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 8.757
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.409
And all tps features are active 1.408
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.556
When I disable the first tps feature 3.084
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.332
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.941
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.838
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040
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14.264
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 8.437
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.095
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.124
When I disable the first tps feature 2.745
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.061
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.039
When I enable the first tps feature 2.500
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.089
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.844
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 8.025
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.087
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
And I disable the first tps feature 2.649
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.940
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:27.320
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 7.827
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 40.179
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.380
When I write some files expected to persist 1.413
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.508
# 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" 12.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:31.604
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.025
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.524
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 18.292
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.136
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.818
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:21.157
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 22.947
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.476
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.068
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.100
Tags: @product
43.914
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.702
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.089
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.402
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:59.736
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 10.177
When I enable persistence 15.788
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.159
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.405
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.509
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.298
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.610
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.313
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.185
When I cold reboot the computer 6.685
And the computer reboots Tails 38.307
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.421
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.337
Given I enable persistence 9.116
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.079
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.328
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.745
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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2:27.814
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.056
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.417
# 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 31.732
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.102
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:21.831
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
40.420
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 8.154
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.394
Then persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.531
And all notifications have disappeared 8.774
When I delete the persistent partition 3.026
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:30.407
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 8.996
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.058
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.129
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.989
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
44.986
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 8.703
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.960
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.153
And all notifications have disappeared 8.605
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.480
And all tps features are enabled 1.577
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:7.979
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 32.556
And I enable persistence 22.690
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.248
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.632
And persistence is enabled 1.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
29.147
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 7.875
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.362
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
26.872
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 9.176
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.582
When I enable persistence 7.198
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
26.373
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 8.372
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.042
When I try to enable persistence 1.304
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.784
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.229
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.783
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.167
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.345
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.344
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.240
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 8.077
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.148
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.529
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.280
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I log in to a new session 11.236
And all notifications have disappeared 10.238
# 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" 0.250
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.583
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.234
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.736
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.059
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 8.158
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.485
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.489
When I try to enable persistence 1.231
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.943
When I log in to a new session 12.807
And all notifications have disappeared 9.876
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.833
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000