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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4639 28 Sep 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 23:23.529 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.766
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 1:18.485
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.309
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.227
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.684
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 8.824
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.573
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.278
And persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.166
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.491
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.269
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.101
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.243
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 5.272
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.498
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.172
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
29.487
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.111
And the system is very low on memory 3.964
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.184
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.484
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.120
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.631
And I free up some memory 0.553
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.380
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:48.052
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 8.073
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.297
And all tps features are active 8.677
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.796
When I disable the first tps feature 2.467
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.193
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.409
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.029
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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13.518
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 8.366
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.045
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I disable the first tps feature 2.422
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.043
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.033
When I enable the first tps feature 2.406
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.066
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.661
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.041
And I disable the first tps feature 2.496
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.763
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
56.278
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 20.757
And the network is plugged 0.044
And Tor is ready 9.588
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.412
When I write some files expected to persist 1.238
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.264
# 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" 11.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.398
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 7.701
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 10.360
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.098
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.327
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.197
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 12.125
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.351
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.050
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.083
Tags: @product
53.063
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 22.206
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.099
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.086
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.386
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 8.882
When I enable persistence 21.680
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.199
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.181
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.438
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.364
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.602
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.652
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.147
When I cold reboot the computer 5.796
And the computer reboots Tails 33.722
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.211
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.116
Given I enable persistence 12.932
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.064
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 6.909
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
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2:9.063
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 8.211
# 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 30.098
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.508
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.627
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product
38.993
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.808
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.750
Then persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.287
And all notifications have disappeared 8.096
When I delete the persistent partition 2.698
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:18.963
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 8.463
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.051
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.269
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.937
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product
56.906
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 8.495
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.446
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.705
And all notifications have disappeared 8.528
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.377
And all tps features are enabled 7.834
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.301
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:41.286
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 1:59.465
And I enable persistence 25.335
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.723
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.546
And persistence is enabled 8.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.898
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 7.515
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.877
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.151
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 8.612
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.933
When I enable persistence 13.244
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.316
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.532
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 8.359
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.147
When I try to enable persistence 1.240
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.257
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.130
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.276
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.205
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.694
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 8.386
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.230
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.793
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.236
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 8.639
And all notifications have disappeared 7.795
# 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" 0.155
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.129
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.255
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.093
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.169
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 8.133
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.781
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.302
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.891
When I log in to a new session 8.563
And all notifications have disappeared 7.085
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.225
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000