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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4631 21 Sep 2026, 11:17

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 23:22.129 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.397
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.306
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.208
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.207
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.858
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.512
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.459
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.216
And persistence is disabled 0.076
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.771
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.559
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.299
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.099
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.217
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.276
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.090
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.138
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.057
Tags: @product
29.213
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.345
And the system is very low on memory 3.958
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.150
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.116
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.097
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.326
And I free up some memory 0.447
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.718
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:50.499
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.400
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.312
And all tps features are active 9.027
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.849
When I disable the first tps feature 2.477
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.034
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.287
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.141
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
14.070
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.649
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.117
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I disable the first tps feature 2.573
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.036
When I enable the first tps feature 2.423
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.434
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.754
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
And I disable the first tps feature 2.709
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.803
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.403
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.584
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 9.838
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.721
When I write some files expected to persist 1.037
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.272
# 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? (tails/tails#10330)
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 11.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:52.811
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 20.999
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 10.047
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.140
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.232
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.917
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 10.776
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.437
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.081
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.076
Tags: @product
40.474
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.543
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 12.732
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:51.965
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.600
When I enable persistence 22.256
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.100
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.526
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.414
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.156
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.449
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.407
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.109
When I cold reboot the computer 6.060
And the computer reboots Tails 32.668
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.331
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.253
Given I enable persistence 14.177
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.058
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.150
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.117
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:7.535
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.684
# 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 28.065
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.278
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.316
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
37.510
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.026
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.930
Then persistence is disabled 0.099
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.216
And all notifications have disappeared 8.207
When I delete the persistent partition 2.702
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:15.900
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.658
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.200
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.787
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product
56.509
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.202
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.388
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.212
And all notifications have disappeared 7.862
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.376
And all tps features are enabled 9.754
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:53.876
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
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 2:9.511
And I enable persistence 27.899
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.153
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.633
And persistence is enabled 7.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.755
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
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 7.529
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.658
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.390
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.660
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.229
When I enable persistence 13.090
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.041
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.368
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.923
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.113
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.945
When I try to enable persistence 1.253
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.757
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.126
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.319
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.084
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.268
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.236
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.009
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.087
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.226
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 8.141
And all notifications have disappeared 8.192
# 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 0.082
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.159
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.101
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.589
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.425
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.809
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.300
When I try to enable persistence 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.764
When I log in to a new session 8.500
And all notifications have disappeared 6.632
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.120
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000