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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4362 23 Apr 2026, 13:37

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 25:45.609 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:45.815
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 1:30.609
And I update APT using apt 7.762
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.313
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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45.628
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 9.824
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.257
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.386
And persistence is disabled 0.140
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 12.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:1.219
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 9.892
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.381
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.100
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 26.276
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.432
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.351
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.417
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.324
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
Tags: @product
38.936
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 8.527
And the system is very low on memory 10.125
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.713
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.577
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.204
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.492
And I free up some memory 0.847
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.818
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:48.183
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 9.294
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.470
And all tps features are active 1.412
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.303
When I disable the first tps feature 2.951
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.545
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.371
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.584
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
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14.060
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 8.366
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.091
When I disable the first tps feature 2.737
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.056
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.074
When I enable the first tps feature 2.491
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.836
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 7.836
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.084
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
And I disable the first tps feature 2.708
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.091
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:5.093
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 8.217
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 21.097
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.204
When I write some files expected to persist 1.258
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.034
# 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" 14.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:38.843
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 8.809
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 19.683
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.161
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.801
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:22.214
And I capture all network traffic 0.009
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 22.518
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.406
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.075
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050
Tags: @product
46.530
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.119
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.130
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 17.295
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.339
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:8.492
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 9.850
When I enable persistence 21.018
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.380
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.250
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.765
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.518
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.598
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.612
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.138
When I cold reboot the computer 11.130
And the computer reboots Tails 41.648
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.333
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.252
Given I enable persistence 7.609
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.091
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.317
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.761
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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2:44.916
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 9.671
# 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 37.839
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.762
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:23.818
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
47.691
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 8.322
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.396
Then persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.399
And all notifications have disappeared 9.008
When I delete the persistent partition 2.887
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.551
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 8.690
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.088
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.021
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.504
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
46.977
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 8.297
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.115
When I try to enable persistence 1.295
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.631
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.222
And all notifications have disappeared 8.094
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.473
And all tps features are enabled 1.217
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:21.131
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 38.048
And I enable persistence 28.249
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.979
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.688
And persistence is enabled 2.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
27.174
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 with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.520
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.092
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.931
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 9.040
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 17.336
When I enable persistence 7.558
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.074
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.313
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 7.968
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 14.740
When I try to enable persistence 1.224
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.010
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.265
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.712
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.095
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.166
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
54.891
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 8.249
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.759
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.237
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 12.954
And all notifications have disappeared 10.853
# 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" 0.182
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.508
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.276
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 1.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
53.387
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 8.699
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 14.364
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.408
When I try to enable persistence 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.201
When I log in to a new session 12.812
And all notifications have disappeared 8.880
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 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000