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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4677 16 Oct 2026, 11:09

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 22:40.833 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:56.393
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 1:16.210
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.871
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.598
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.712
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 8.328
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.339
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.152
And persistence is disabled 0.065
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:31.878
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 8.384
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.279
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.096
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.536
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.034
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.199
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.158
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.142
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034
Tags: @product
28.091
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 8.073
And the system is very low on memory 4.169
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.248
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.152
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.112
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.323
And I free up some memory 0.482
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.494
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:53.813
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 21.213
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.259
And all tps features are active 7.294
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.439
When I disable the first tps feature 2.401
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.204
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.177
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.715
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
13.231
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 7.981
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I disable the first tps feature 2.516
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.042
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.048
When I enable the first tps feature 2.401
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.036
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.902
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 enabled and logged in 7.486
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.039
And I disable the first tps feature 2.496
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.775
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.532
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 7.610
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 11.312
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.171
When I write some files expected to persist 0.822
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.183
# 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" 11.395
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.205
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 7.603
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 8.228
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.109
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.234
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.880
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 10.580
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.322
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.063
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044
Tags: @product
38.289
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 8.219
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.080
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.463
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:46.272
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 8.497
When I enable persistence 20.793
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.238
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.123
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.277
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.305
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.555
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.109
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.104
When I cold reboot the computer 5.840
And the computer reboots Tails 32.732
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.293
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.227
Given I enable persistence 12.103
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.056
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.293
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.577
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.097
Tags: @product
2:5.322
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 7.946
# 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 28.572
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.218
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.124
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
37.288
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 8.372
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.627
Then persistence is disabled 0.062
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.352
And all notifications have disappeared 8.101
When I delete the persistent partition 2.530
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:15.007
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 8.267
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.062
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.355
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.120
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product
53.935
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 8.079
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.045
When I try to enable persistence 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.967
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.515
And all notifications have disappeared 7.844
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.271
And all tps features are enabled 7.239
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:33.519
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 1:52.121
And I enable persistence 26.166
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.644
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.499
And persistence is enabled 7.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.826
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 7.535
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.787
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.503
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.366
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 8.023
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.212
When I enable persistence 12.062
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.034
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.981
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 7.906
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.279
When I try to enable persistence 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.760
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.238
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.158
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.186
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.275
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 7.807
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.136
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.022
When I log in to a new session 7.815
And all notifications have disappeared 7.951
# 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" 0.122
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.074
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.140
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.987
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.985
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 7.787
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.726
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.271
When I try to enable persistence 1.233
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.547
When I log in to a new session 8.394
And all notifications have disappeared 7.201
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.041
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000