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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4676 15 Oct 2026, 11:05

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 22:38.403 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:58.038
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 1:17.787
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.674
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.537
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.640
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 8.219
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.632
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.166
And persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.744
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 8.538
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.238
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.148
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.792
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 5.225
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.533
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.157
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.414
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
28.606
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 7.873
And the system is very low on memory 4.986
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.106
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" 0.088
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.435
And I free up some memory 0.493
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.212
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.611
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 8.353
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.262
And all tps features are active 7.522
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.546
When I disable the first tps feature 2.484
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.581
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.304
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.461
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029
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13.295
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.975
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.097
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 2.494
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.045
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.043
When I enable the first tps feature 2.409
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.063
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 7.666
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
And I disable the first tps feature 2.468
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.743
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.711
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 7.569
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 12.660
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.197
When I write some files expected to persist 0.891
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.161
# 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" 11.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:34.639
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 7.488
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 8.218
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.105
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.160
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.914
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 12.104
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.383
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.063
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.126
Tags: @product
38.447
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 8.348
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.068
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.465
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:48.982
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.323
When I enable persistence 21.451
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.810
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.287
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.376
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.253
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.463
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.504
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.104
When I cold reboot the computer 5.862
And the computer reboots Tails 33.023
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.182
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.103
Given I enable persistence 13.456
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.174
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.415
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:1.506
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 7.966
# 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 26.202
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.318
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.851
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
Tags: @product
36.375
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 8.510
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.624
Then persistence is disabled 0.073
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.450
And all notifications have disappeared 7.891
When I delete the persistent partition 2.567
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:17.775
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 8.126
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.081
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.219
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.138
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037
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54.295
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 8.174
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.037
When I try to enable persistence 1.249
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.330
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.843
And all notifications have disappeared 7.808
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.262
And all tps features are enabled 7.344
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:37.408
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 1:57.614
And I enable persistence 24.536
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.015
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.623
And persistence is enabled 7.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.711
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 7.248
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.024
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
38.762
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 8.695
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.952
When I enable persistence 12.546
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.036
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.772
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 8.250
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.318
When I try to enable persistence 1.318
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.080
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.147
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.167
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.286
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.112
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 7.851
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.107
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.998
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.107
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 6.939
And all notifications have disappeared 7.449
# 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" 0.193
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.120
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.200
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.122
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.902
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 7.940
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.526
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.219
When I try to enable persistence 1.202
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.272
When I log in to a new session 7.547
And all notifications have disappeared 8.239
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.128
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000