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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4363 28 Apr 2026, 11:26

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 26:7.075 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:48.203
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:32.960
And I update APT using apt 7.906
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.272
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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48.080
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 9.284
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.847
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.277
And persistence is disabled 0.097
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 14.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:5.937
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 9.390
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.507
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.123
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 33.972
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.554
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.783
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.370
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.185
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
36.193
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 7.913
And the system is very low on memory 9.478
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.801
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.259
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.143
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.532
And I free up some memory 0.981
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.031
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:52.578
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 9.979
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.421
And all tps features are active 1.427
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.500
When I disable the first tps feature 2.643
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.448
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.123
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.618
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.414
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045
Tags: @product
13.261
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 7.831
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I disable the first tps feature 2.532
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.068
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.050
When I enable the first tps feature 2.470
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.451
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 7.705
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
And I disable the first tps feature 2.672
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.867
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:5.175
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 7.561
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 17.866
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.293
When I write some files expected to persist 1.599
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.839
# 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" 12.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:30.637
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 8.177
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 18.908
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.146
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.932
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.556
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 23.285
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.415
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.066
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047
Tags: @product
59.891
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.846
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.146
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 28.810
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 20.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:18.142
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 22.356
When I enable persistence 22.168
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.478
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.992
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.398
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.307
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.537
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.943
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.208
When I cold reboot the computer 9.143
And the computer reboots Tails 39.705
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.388
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.259
Given I enable persistence 7.964
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.083
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.437
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.595
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:25.451
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 8.651
# 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 30.880
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.289
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.467
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 26.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.366
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
53.219
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 8.942
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.784
Then persistence is disabled 0.098
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.679
And all notifications have disappeared 9.487
When I delete the persistent partition 2.859
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.367
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.407
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 8.535
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.082
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.551
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.955
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.281
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product
52.257
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 9.446
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.093
When I try to enable persistence 1.187
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.354
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.417
And all notifications have disappeared 8.535
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.318
And all tps features are enabled 1.482
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.422
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:27.701
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 42.034
And I enable persistence 31.204
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.890
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.635
And persistence is enabled 1.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.610
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 7.695
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.341
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
41.531
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.990
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 23.132
When I enable persistence 7.546
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.073
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.407
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.461
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 17.866
When I try to enable persistence 1.266
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.821
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.209
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.514
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.140
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
52.078
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 8.058
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.070
When I try to enable persistence 1.223
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.173
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.260
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 12.508
And all notifications have disappeared 9.597
# 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" 0.157
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.482
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.206
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.445
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.336
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.855
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 8.560
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.016
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.373
When I try to enable persistence 1.232
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.186
When I log in to a new session 13.011
And all notifications have disappeared 8.154
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.367
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000