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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4361 23 Apr 2026, 12:13

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 26:9.657 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:46.785
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 1:31.338
And I update APT using apt 8.110
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.239
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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49.794
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 9.445
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 25.687
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.270
And persistence is disabled 0.098
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 14.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:8.329
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 9.459
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.555
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.101
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 34.367
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.483
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.667
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.463
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.179
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
34.492
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 7.732
And the system is very low on memory 6.069
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.185
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.446
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.110
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.522
And I free up some memory 0.933
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.840
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.267
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.179
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.416
And all tps features are active 1.419
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.371
When I disable the first tps feature 2.774
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.354
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.599
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.793
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
Tags: @product
14.829
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 8.595
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.117
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I disable the first tps feature 3.212
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.074
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.061
When I enable the first tps feature 2.503
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
14.201
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 8.228
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.091
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.100
And I disable the first tps feature 2.706
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.014
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.340
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:13.078
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.022
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.929
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 24.426
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.277
When I write some files expected to persist 1.455
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 25.745
# 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" 13.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:40.478
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 8.246
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 20.441
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.305
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 25.911
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:22.310
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 22.596
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.410
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.059
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.062
Tags: @product
56.857
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.660
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.100
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 26.942
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:10.975
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.753
When I enable persistence 19.751
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.719
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.111
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.485
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.269
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.697
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.324
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.173
When I cold reboot the computer 10.844
And the computer reboots Tails 42.857
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.358
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.283
Given I enable persistence 8.536
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.091
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.332
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.208
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
2:34.937
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 9.127
# 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 41.535
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.933
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:14.732
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
53.903
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.240
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.554
Then persistence is disabled 0.146
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.660
And all notifications have disappeared 9.980
When I delete the persistent partition 2.946
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.375
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.590
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 9.514
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.198
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.614
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:16.925
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.337
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
50.718
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 8.787
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.136
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.691
And all notifications have disappeared 8.862
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.466
And all tps features are enabled 1.392
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:20.502
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 39.779
And I enable persistence 25.666
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.817
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.568
And persistence is enabled 1.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.495
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.104
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.761
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.460
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 8.900
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 16.492
When I enable persistence 8.083
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.532
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 8.833
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.826
When I try to enable persistence 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.926
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.961
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.081
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.194
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
54.857
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 8.362
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.687
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 13.423
And all notifications have disappeared 10.035
# 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" 0.267
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.538
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.347
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.819
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
51.569
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 8.670
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.750
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.378
When I try to enable persistence 1.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.949
When I log in to a new session 13.169
And all notifications have disappeared 8.930
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.538
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000