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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4646 30 Sep 2026, 13:52

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 24:20.392 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:51.864
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:37.184
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.578
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.254
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.366
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.733
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 9.072
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.149
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.228
And persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.282
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 9.458
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.305
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.080
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.933
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 5.252
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.002
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.148
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029
Tags: @product
32.164
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.938
And the system is very low on memory 4.496
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.178
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.366
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.136
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.420
And I free up some memory 0.623
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.959
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:57.285
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 8.932
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.448
And all tps features are active 8.663
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.741
When I disable the first tps feature 2.462
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.205
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.600
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.420
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.078
Tags: @product
13.882
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 7.837
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
When I disable the first tps feature 3.040
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.064
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.060
When I enable the first tps feature 2.516
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.789
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.125
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.110
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
And I disable the first tps feature 2.487
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.928
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
48.339
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 8.340
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 13.294
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.524
When I write some files expected to persist 1.183
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.268
# 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" 12.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.457
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 7.794
And the network is plugged 0.050
And Tor is ready 9.106
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.135
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.310
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.515
And I capture all network traffic 0.010
And the network is plugged 0.051
And Tor is ready 11.958
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.380
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.050
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047
Tags: @product
40.949
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 9.007
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.082
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.857
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:56.271
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 9.284
When I enable persistence 23.502
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.990
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.440
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.481
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.322
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.518
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.674
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.126
When I cold reboot the computer 5.968
And the computer reboots Tails 34.768
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.215
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.123
Given I enable persistence 13.305
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.080
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.325
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.008
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product
2:10.882
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 8.854
# 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 28.612
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.258
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.812
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033
Tags: @product
39.694
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 8.690
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.629
Then persistence is disabled 0.082
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.470
And all notifications have disappeared 8.840
When I delete the persistent partition 2.640
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.342
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:24.708
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 8.424
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.049
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.470
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.568
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
59.121
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 8.372
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.269
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.562
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.789
And all notifications have disappeared 8.469
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.245
And all tps features are enabled 8.308
And all tps features but the first one are active 9.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:49.328
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 1:59.958
And I enable persistence 29.328
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.457
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.612
And persistence is enabled 9.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.901
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 8.129
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.274
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.969
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 9.254
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.697
When I enable persistence 14.422
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.334
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 8.615
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.312
When I try to enable persistence 1.409
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.133
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.252
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.581
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.273
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.506
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 8.206
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.660
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.273
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.021
When I log in to a new session 8.123
And all notifications have disappeared 8.580
# 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" 0.114
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.089
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.220
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.140
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.924
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 8.704
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.137
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.246
When I try to enable persistence 1.119
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.974
When I log in to a new session 9.478
And all notifications have disappeared 9.254
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.194
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 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000