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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4366 29 Apr 2026, 12:48

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 25:47.305 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:44.963
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:28.743
And I update APT using apt 8.407
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.458
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
47.486
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 9.646
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.931
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.304
And persistence is disabled 0.113
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 14.489
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:1.863
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 11.183
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.369
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.103
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 32.839
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.515
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.012
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.578
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.188
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
35.670
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 7.858
And the system is very low on memory 8.184
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.307
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.312
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.093
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.396
And I free up some memory 0.894
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.048
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.645
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 9.189
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.533
And all tps features are active 1.483
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.129
When I disable the first tps feature 3.073
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.690
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.128
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.110
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.305
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product
13.520
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 enabled and logged in 7.775
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.149
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.083
When I disable the first tps feature 2.639
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.068
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.073
When I enable the first tps feature 2.565
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.570
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 7.675
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.069
And I disable the first tps feature 2.753
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.937
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:8.972
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 7.753
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 21.493
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.428
When I write some files expected to persist 1.386
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.579
# 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" 13.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:46.107
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 7.851
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 41.019
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.134
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.397
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:17.540
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 23.470
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.441
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.059
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040
Tags: @product
55.313
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 9.111
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.156
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 25.639
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:8.854
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 8.796
When I enable persistence 28.082
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.334
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.107
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.520
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.254
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.613
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.372
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.172
When I cold reboot the computer 9.434
And the computer reboots Tails 40.129
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.319
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.226
Given I enable persistence 7.462
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.072
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.292
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.502
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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2:28.808
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 enabled and logged in 8.540
# 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 44.957
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.179
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.284
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
Tags: @product
54.891
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 7.933
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.710
Then persistence is disabled 0.098
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 15.287
And all notifications have disappeared 8.796
When I delete the persistent partition 2.700
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.365
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.346
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:31.380
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 7.501
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.066
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.214
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.368
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
49.460
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 7.977
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.101
When I try to enable persistence 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.976
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.997
And all notifications have disappeared 8.394
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.255
And all tps features are enabled 1.463
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:26.302
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 46.077
And I enable persistence 26.731
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.236
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.587
And persistence is enabled 1.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.612
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 7.227
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.873
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.512
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.361
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 8.283
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 15.414
When I enable persistence 6.742
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
37.937
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 7.692
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 20.045
When I try to enable persistence 1.345
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.147
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.298
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.182
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
52.473
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 7.568
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.151
When I try to enable persistence 1.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.255
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.032
When I log in to a new session 13.956
And all notifications have disappeared 8.773
# 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" 0.246
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.513
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.265
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.422
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
51.108
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 7.567
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 15.873
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.362
When I try to enable persistence 1.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.409
When I log in to a new session 11.106
And all notifications have disappeared 8.286
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.470
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000