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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4672 12 Oct 2026, 15:58

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 23:43.548 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.264
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 1:17.707
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.667
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.190
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.625
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 8.201
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.489
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.182
And persistence is disabled 0.075
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:30.812
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 8.654
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.258
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.120
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.298
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.298
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.972
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.136
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
27.911
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 7.849
And the system is very low on memory 4.004
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.160
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.286
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.099
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.318
And I free up some memory 0.502
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.656
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.758
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 8.370
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.200
And all tps features are active 7.584
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.683
When I disable the first tps feature 2.421
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.920
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.542
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.663
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product
13.073
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 7.945
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.043
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.036
When I disable the first tps feature 2.479
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.040
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.028
When I enable the first tps feature 2.352
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.044
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.237
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 33.829
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
And I disable the first tps feature 2.461
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.801
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.668
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 7.640
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 9.159
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.566
When I write some files expected to persist 0.942
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.456
# 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" 10.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.737
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 7.764
And the network is plugged 0.045
And Tor is ready 9.502
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.106
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.308
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.424
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 12.026
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.385
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.053
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048
Tags: @product
37.361
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 8.599
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 10.848
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:44.714
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 8.542
When I enable persistence 20.412
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.860
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.106
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.208
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.258
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.493
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.059
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.136
When I cold reboot the computer 5.757
And the computer reboots Tails 31.525
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.183
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.103
Given I enable persistence 11.911
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.093
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.297
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.637
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
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2:1.367
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 8.446
# 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 26.205
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.133
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.510
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
38.924
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 8.377
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.078
Then persistence is disabled 0.136
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.223
And all notifications have disappeared 8.295
When I delete the persistent partition 2.579
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:17.413
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 8.398
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.074
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.579
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.175
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.185
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
54.795
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 8.329
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.045
When I try to enable persistence 1.150
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.368
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.654
And all notifications have disappeared 8.259
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.229
And all tps features are enabled 7.570
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
3:35.729
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 2:50.350
And I enable persistence 28.291
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.579
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.476
And persistence is enabled 9.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.360
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 7.356
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.578
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.425
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.544
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 8.259
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.734
When I enable persistence 15.268
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.664
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 7.907
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.573
When I try to enable persistence 1.183
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.921
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.464
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.096
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.153
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 7.895
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.137
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.431
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.241
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 7.543
And all notifications have disappeared 7.399
# 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" 0.329
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.138
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.155
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.992
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.430
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 8.117
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.116
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.280
When I try to enable persistence 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 1.854
When I log in to a new session 7.390
And all notifications have disappeared 6.565
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.082
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000