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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4665 08 Oct 2026, 11:16

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 23:41.256 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:56.023
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 1:16.679
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.099
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.485
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.497
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 8.298
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.187
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.200
And persistence is disabled 0.085
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.236
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 21.849
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.251
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.078
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.817
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.037
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.009
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.010
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.137
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.083
Tags: @product
27.615
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 7.892
And the system is very low on memory 4.026
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.229
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.316
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.070
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.312
And I free up some memory 0.477
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.251
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.948
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 8.076
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.330
And all tps features are active 7.789
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.735
When I disable the first tps feature 2.407
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.372
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.467
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.757
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
25.972
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 20.786
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.068
When I disable the first tps feature 2.448
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.042
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.028
When I enable the first tps feature 2.390
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.233
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 7.754
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
And I disable the first tps feature 2.491
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.803
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.299
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 7.645
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 11.739
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.718
When I write some files expected to persist 0.878
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.210
# 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" 11.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.312
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 7.748
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 7.854
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.099
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.147
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.506
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.045
And Tor is ready 11.398
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.337
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.034
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050
Tags: @product
36.497
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 8.383
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.097
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 10.675
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.341
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:45.085
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 8.421
When I enable persistence 21.769
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.386
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.898
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.225
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.271
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.480
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.151
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.110
When I cold reboot the computer 5.757
And the computer reboots Tails 31.941
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.190
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.134
Given I enable persistence 12.585
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.065
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.288
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.289
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
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2:29.854
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 34.351
# 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 27.155
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.381
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.052
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product
36.769
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 7.813
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.564
Then persistence is disabled 0.096
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.332
And all notifications have disappeared 8.082
When I delete the persistent partition 2.624
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:16.721
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 0.038
And 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 1:2.928
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031
Tags: @product
58.991
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 8.089
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.100
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.903
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.395
And all notifications have disappeared 8.037
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.201
And all tps features are enabled 9.509
And all tps features but the first one are active 9.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:53.701
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 2:12.506
And I enable persistence 25.634
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.674
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.531
And persistence is enabled 7.355
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.778
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 7.385
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.941
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.451
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
38.604
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 7.876
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.506
When I enable persistence 12.938
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.221
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.905
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 7.930
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.717
When I try to enable persistence 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.649
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.080
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.135
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.113
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.911
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 7.754
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.077
When I try to enable persistence 1.143
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.519
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.213
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 7.999
And all notifications have disappeared 8.003
# 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" 0.146
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.078
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.157
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.039
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.293
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 7.876
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.565
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.285
When I try to enable persistence 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.348
When I log in to a new session 7.767
And all notifications have disappeared 7.414
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.062
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000