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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4633 22 Sep 2026, 11:18

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 23:7.252 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.134
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 1:18.359
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.884
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.225
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.277
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 8.568
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.145
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.209
And persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.775
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.627
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.267
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.115
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.640
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.034
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.369
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.512
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.153
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product
29.631
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.430
And the system is very low on memory 4.440
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.142
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.385
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.111
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.355
And I free up some memory 0.642
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.070
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:46.679
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 8.247
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.288
And all tps features are active 8.509
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.743
When I disable the first tps feature 2.483
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.574
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.973
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.249
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
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13.886
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 8.404
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.071
When I disable the first tps feature 2.588
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.066
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.035
When I enable the first tps feature 2.465
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.041
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.262
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 7.699
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I disable the first tps feature 2.522
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.859
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.522
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 7.731
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 10.042
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.814
When I write some files expected to persist 0.880
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.333
# 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" 11.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.476
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 7.588
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 9.494
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.112
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.347
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.365
And I capture all network traffic 0.009
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 10.942
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.381
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.062
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059
Tags: @product
39.991
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.253
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.067
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.858
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:54.575
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 8.295
When I enable persistence 23.428
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.052
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.422
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.461
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.285
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.583
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.752
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.164
When I cold reboot the computer 5.906
And the computer reboots Tails 34.203
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.295
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.111
Given I enable persistence 13.738
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.064
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.151
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.531
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:9.361
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 8.485
# 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 29.047
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.488
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.349
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product
39.257
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 8.861
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.100
Then persistence is disabled 0.154
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.118
And all notifications have disappeared 8.153
When I delete the persistent partition 2.614
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.331
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 8.459
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.081
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.351
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.216
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.067
Tags: @product
56.741
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 8.458
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.044
When I try to enable persistence 1.256
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.709
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.330
And all notifications have disappeared 7.756
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.262
And all tps features are enabled 8.075
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:41.159
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 1:56.706
And I enable persistence 27.514
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.267
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.574
And persistence is enabled 8.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.150
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.539
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.038
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.505
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 8.453
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.357
When I enable persistence 13.292
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.034
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.367
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.332
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.225
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.660
When I try to enable persistence 1.244
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.838
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.331
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.206
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.629
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 8.284
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.415
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.227
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 9.092
And all notifications have disappeared 7.835
# 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" 0.191
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.094
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.183
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.278
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.567
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.964
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.064
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.321
When I try to enable persistence 1.131
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.015
When I log in to a new session 7.599
And all notifications have disappeared 7.239
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.414
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000