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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4674 13 Oct 2026, 22:02

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 23:38.775 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:57.077
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:16.985
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.441
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.735
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.395
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 8.366
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.223
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.181
And persistence is disabled 0.077
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.844
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 8.813
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.346
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.091
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.043
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.527
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.784
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.147
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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41.225
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 21.172
And the system is very low on memory 4.025
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.170
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.483
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.075
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.389
And I free up some memory 0.571
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.297
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:49.326
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 8.188
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.303
And all tps features are active 8.039
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.537
When I disable the first tps feature 2.423
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.502
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.314
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.711
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
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13.328
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 8.016
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.048
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I disable the first tps feature 2.497
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.040
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.029
When I enable the first tps feature 2.482
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.523
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.054
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 2.487
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.832
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.884
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 7.677
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 12.910
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.008
When I write some files expected to persist 1.034
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.641
# 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" 11.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.433
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.917
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 7.884
And the network is plugged 0.050
And Tor is ready 8.509
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.133
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.126
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.052
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 11.594
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.367
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.075
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037
Tags: @product
39.266
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 8.859
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.115
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.347
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:54.473
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 8.792
When I enable persistence 24.253
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.870
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.205
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.325
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.358
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.593
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.233
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.122
When I cold reboot the computer 7.185
And the computer reboots Tails 33.581
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.202
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.145
Given I enable persistence 13.340
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.077
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.129
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.917
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032
Tags: @product
2:9.416
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 8.349
# 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 28.669
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.521
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.338
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
38.210
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 7.875
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.762
Then persistence is disabled 0.083
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.364
And all notifications have disappeared 8.168
When I delete the persistent partition 2.708
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.751
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 8.188
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.055
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.224
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.057
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
54.163
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 8.069
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.042
When I try to enable persistence 1.216
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.910
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.476
And all notifications have disappeared 8.378
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.219
And all tps features are enabled 7.437
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:41.586
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 1:58.107
And I enable persistence 26.845
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.110
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.566
And persistence is enabled 7.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.605
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 7.826
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.329
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.449
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.723
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 8.361
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.427
When I enable persistence 13.449
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.041
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.990
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 7.722
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.820
When I try to enable persistence 1.194
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.207
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.079
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.155
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.092
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.100
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.603
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.008
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.141
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.122
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.244
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 8.959
And all notifications have disappeared 8.624
# 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" 0.166
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.099
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.164
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.125
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.470
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 7.884
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.257
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.338
When I try to enable persistence 1.237
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.719
When I log in to a new session 8.566
And all notifications have disappeared 7.396
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.107
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000