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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4668 09 Oct 2026, 11:24

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 23:51.603 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:56.084
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 1:17.160
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.693
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.477
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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39.432
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 21.658
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.077
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.234
And persistence is disabled 0.099
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:55.972
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 35.192
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.219
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.122
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.231
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.040
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.945
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.030
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.138
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
28.018
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 7.745
And the system is very low on memory 4.038
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.154
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.501
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.078
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.368
And I free up some memory 0.433
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.659
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:53.398
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 21.224
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.283
And all tps features are active 8.080
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.592
When I disable the first tps feature 2.487
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.178
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.347
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.781
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.422
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.103
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 7.887
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.092
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.074
When I disable the first tps feature 2.457
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.040
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.026
When I enable the first tps feature 2.376
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.044
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.170
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 7.606
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
And I disable the first tps feature 2.507
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.863
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.070
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 7.433
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 13.245
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.140
When I write some files expected to persist 0.894
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.163
# 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" 11.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.087
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 7.642
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 8.167
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.153
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.229
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.873
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 11.417
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.378
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.064
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.063
Tags: @product
49.364
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 21.475
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.102
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 10.376
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.410
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:44.078
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 8.295
When I enable persistence 20.367
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.546
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.195
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.200
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.179
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.460
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.138
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.141
When I cold reboot the computer 5.849
And the computer reboots Tails 31.926
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.306
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.283
Given I enable persistence 12.024
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.054
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.134
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.871
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:4.116
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 8.391
# 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 27.128
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.411
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.034
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
36.900
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 7.854
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.071
Then persistence is disabled 0.079
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.544
And all notifications have disappeared 8.470
When I delete the persistent partition 2.639
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:27.690
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 20.937
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.136
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.297
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.144
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035
Tags: @product
52.743
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 7.745
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.531
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.159
And all notifications have disappeared 8.443
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.283
And all tps features are enabled 7.227
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:33.801
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 1:54.392
And I enable persistence 23.863
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.593
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.523
And persistence is enabled 7.428
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.501
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 20.177
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.824
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
36.247
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 7.854
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.130
When I enable persistence 12.196
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.039
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.540
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 7.740
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.589
When I try to enable persistence 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.709
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.192
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.218
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.527
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 7.883
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.758
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.079
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 7.592
And all notifications have disappeared 8.720
# 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" 0.128
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.120
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.182
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.065
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.752
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 7.798
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.655
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.291
When I try to enable persistence 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 1.761
When I log in to a new session 7.180
And all notifications have disappeared 7.789
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.069
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000