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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4657 05 Oct 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 23:53.128 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:57.593
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 1:18.017
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.154
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.599
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.503
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 8.194
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.949
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.239
And persistence is disabled 0.078
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.141
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 8.860
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.266
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.141
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.066
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.095
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.409
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.194
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
Tags: @product
29.380
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 8.332
And the system is very low on memory 4.322
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.202
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.372
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.094
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.395
And I free up some memory 0.434
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.163
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:48.445
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 8.269
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.333
And all tps features are active 8.496
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.958
When I disable the first tps feature 2.520
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.586
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.584
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.487
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
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13.262
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 7.725
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.140
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.084
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.109
When I disable the first tps feature 2.577
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.044
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.040
When I enable the first tps feature 2.459
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.039
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.982
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 7.436
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.105
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.100
And I disable the first tps feature 2.543
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.754
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.563
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 7.669
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 13.001
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.866
When I write some files expected to persist 0.943
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.180
# 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" 11.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.263
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 7.692
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 8.544
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.158
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.387
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.932
And I capture all network traffic 0.012
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 10.819
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.381
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.118
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047
Tags: @product
40.365
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 8.456
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.064
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.961
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.208
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 8.689
When I enable persistence 21.885
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.989
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.545
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.394
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.304
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.499
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.004
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.153
When I cold reboot the computer 4.728
And the computer reboots Tails 33.719
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.297
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.113
Given I enable persistence 13.875
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.078
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.335
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.476
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:9.471
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 8.312
# 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 28.895
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.259
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.942
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
38.241
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 8.295
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.133
Then persistence is disabled 0.101
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.352
And all notifications have disappeared 8.429
When I delete the persistent partition 2.701
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:19.074
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 7.997
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.055
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.356
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.454
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048
Tags: @product
53.704
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 8.467
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.187
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.232
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.401
And all notifications have disappeared 7.123
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.199
And all tps features are enabled 7.803
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
3:12.751
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 2:23.028
And I enable persistence 32.769
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.812
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.620
And persistence is enabled 8.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.659
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 7.386
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.705
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.331
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.804
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.760
When I enable persistence 13.536
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.374
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 8.226
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.028
When I try to enable persistence 1.286
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.846
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.088
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.149
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.122
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.289
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.196
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.077
When I try to enable persistence 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.944
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.091
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.038
When I log in to a new session 9.526
And all notifications have disappeared 9.167
# 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 0.073
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.146
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.019
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.520
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 8.397
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.575
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.414
When I try to enable persistence 1.357
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.846
When I log in to a new session 8.318
And all notifications have disappeared 8.449
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 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000