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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4648 30 Sep 2026, 18:11

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 24:50.415 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.808
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 1:20.373
And I update the APT lists using apt 8.481
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.282
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.042
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 8.898
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.674
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.265
And persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.003
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 10.542
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.306
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.106
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.700
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.068
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.520
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.494
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.195
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.076
Tags: @product
31.249
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 8.345
And the system is very low on memory 4.649
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.290
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.012
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.162
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.415
And I free up some memory 0.539
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.733
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:57.042
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 9.143
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.416
And all tps features are active 8.716
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.987
When I disable the first tps feature 2.503
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.380
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.300
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.569
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
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14.475
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 9.058
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.094
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
When I disable the first tps feature 2.507
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.056
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.046
When I enable the first tps feature 2.490
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.525
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 21.286
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
And I disable the first tps feature 3.008
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.050
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
48.079
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 8.125
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 13.575
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.780
When I write some files expected to persist 1.018
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.361
# 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" 12.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:45.827
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 7.836
And the network is plugged 0.044
And Tor is ready 12.599
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.116
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.303
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.204
And I capture all network traffic 0.012
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 12.142
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.363
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.062
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044
Tags: @product
39.418
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.054
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.095
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.863
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.405
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
3:8.979
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.748
When I enable persistence 27.228
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.684
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.963
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.233
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.326
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.625
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.987
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.137
When I cold reboot the computer 7.868
And the computer reboots Tails 35.541
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.354
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.726
Given I enable persistence 16.459
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.076
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.163
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.732
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
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2:18.533
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 10.318
# 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 30.820
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.761
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.984
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
40.171
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 8.459
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.343
Then persistence is disabled 0.089
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.674
And all notifications have disappeared 8.601
When I delete the persistent partition 2.706
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:21.977
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 8.326
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.055
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.531
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.865
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046
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1:0.667
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 8.288
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.244
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.193
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.050
And all notifications have disappeared 7.778
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.244
And all tps features are enabled 10.178
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:47.132
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 2:0.662
And I enable persistence 29.409
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.492
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.545
And persistence is enabled 8.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.339
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.852
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.019
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.512
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 8.812
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.971
When I enable persistence 16.152
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.076
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.110
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 9.111
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.025
When I try to enable persistence 1.243
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.039
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.125
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.275
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.084
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.096
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.732
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 7.966
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.382
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.125
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 10.336
And all notifications have disappeared 9.658
# 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" 0.177
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.348
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.156
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.318
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.786
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 8.634
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.082
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.330
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.892
When I log in to a new session 9.004
And all notifications have disappeared 8.972
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.711
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000