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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4679 18 Oct 2026, 11:14

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 22:33.724 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:56.564
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 1:17.459
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.856
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.494
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.026
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 8.442
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.819
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.210
And persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:31.825
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 8.450
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.234
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.587
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.191
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.059
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.149
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
28.567
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 7.975
And the system is very low on memory 4.261
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.187
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.187
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.084
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.303
And I free up some memory 0.665
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.857
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.319
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 8.082
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.292
And all tps features are active 7.763
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.548
When I disable the first tps feature 2.433
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.260
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.693
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.927
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.316
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
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13.054
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 7.768
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.049
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I disable the first tps feature 2.444
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.041
When I enable the first tps feature 2.465
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.931
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 7.500
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
And I disable the first tps feature 2.491
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.781
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.474
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 7.598
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 12.412
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.990
When I write some files expected to persist 0.927
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.282
# 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" 11.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:34.905
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 7.537
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 9.294
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 5.332
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.777
And I capture all network traffic 0.016
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 10.277
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.366
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.056
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.074
Tags: @product
38.226
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 8.640
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.086
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.676
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:44.752
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 8.484
When I enable persistence 20.408
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.518
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.613
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.201
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.138
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.428
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.665
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.120
When I cold reboot the computer 5.741
And the computer reboots Tails 32.979
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.206
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.104
Given I enable persistence 11.905
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.121
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.311
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.684
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
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2:2.343
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 8.078
# 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 27.859
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.209
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.706
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
38.293
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 8.530
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.455
Then persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.966
And all notifications have disappeared 8.299
When I delete the persistent partition 2.672
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:17.470
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 8.122
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.058
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.572
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.530
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.185
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
54.145
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 8.291
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.444
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.291
And all notifications have disappeared 8.431
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.251
And all tps features are enabled 7.830
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.394
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:33.755
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 1:52.815
And I enable persistence 25.116
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.693
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.481
And persistence is enabled 7.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.504
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 7.401
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.636
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.391
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 8.289
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.316
When I enable persistence 12.042
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.039
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.466
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 8.352
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.632
When I try to enable persistence 1.256
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.584
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.082
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.121
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.257
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.236
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.940
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.194
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.350
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.092
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 7.300
And all notifications have disappeared 8.189
# 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" 0.130
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.094
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.145
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.058
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.469
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 8.072
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.747
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.244
When I try to enable persistence 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.395
When I log in to a new session 6.934
And all notifications have disappeared 6.834
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.208
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000