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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4357 21 Apr 2026, 22:34

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 20:54.093 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.451
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.207
And I update APT using apt 6.197
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.205
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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27.410
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 8.598
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.728
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.237
And persistence is disabled 0.088
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.194
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 8.131
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.272
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.120
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.547
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.397
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.033
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.436
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.196
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
27.873
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 7.431
And the system is very low on memory 3.610
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.175
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.418
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.081
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.539
And I free up some memory 0.801
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.758
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.642
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 8.155
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.353
And all tps features are active 1.297
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.999
When I disable the first tps feature 2.550
Then all tps features but the first one are active 0.968
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.581
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.432
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
12.999
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.584
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.072
When I disable the first tps feature 2.486
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.062
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.057
When I enable the first tps feature 2.509
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
12.833
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 7.223
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.097
And I disable the first tps feature 2.552
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.849
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
55.548
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 7.200
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 16.549
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.168
When I write some files expected to persist 1.129
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.686
# 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" 11.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:17.874
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 7.602
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 15.833
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.110
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.759
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.690
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 22.257
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.416
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.055
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039
Tags: @product
37.739
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 8.562
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.063
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.415
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:47.800
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 8.602
When I enable persistence 15.035
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.305
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.350
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.376
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" 4.627
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.055
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.147
When I cold reboot the computer 10.168
And the computer reboots Tails 35.132
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.309
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.290
Given I enable persistence 6.833
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.248
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.714
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050
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2:7.873
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.145
# 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 27.450
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.265
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.993
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
37.543
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.567
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.333
Then persistence is disabled 0.156
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.568
And all notifications have disappeared 7.972
When I delete the persistent partition 2.613
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.330
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:18.291
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 8.013
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.067
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.748
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.255
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
Tags: @product
42.934
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 8.388
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.044
When I try to enable persistence 1.257
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.852
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.812
And all notifications have disappeared 8.062
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.275
And all tps features are enabled 1.193
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:1.582
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 29.848
And I enable persistence 19.651
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.817
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.603
And persistence is enabled 1.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.323
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 7.111
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.663
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.042
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 8.079
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.794
When I enable persistence 6.550
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.067
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 7.494
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.636
When I try to enable persistence 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.139
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.195
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.183
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.174
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 7.530
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.240
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 10.537
And all notifications have disappeared 9.730
# 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" 0.123
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.379
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.196
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.217
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.893
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 7.396
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.579
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.303
When I try to enable persistence 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.733
When I log in to a new session 10.344
And all notifications have disappeared 8.409
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.884
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000