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test_Tails_ISO_remove-boum.org 1 09 Sep 2026, 18:59

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 23:44.564 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.892
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 1:18.345
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.377
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.237
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.300
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 9.087
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.842
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.262
And persistence is disabled 0.094
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:37.919
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 8.904
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.253
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.100
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.417
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.471
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.549
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.138
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
31.935
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.525
And the system is very low on memory 4.337
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.276
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.600
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.094
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.423
And I free up some memory 0.474
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.165
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:5.824
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 22.549
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.357
And all tps features are active 8.204
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.625
When I disable the first tps feature 2.619
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.963
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.284
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.921
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product
14.441
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 8.349
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.115
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.084
When I disable the first tps feature 3.060
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.085
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.043
When I enable the first tps feature 2.536
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.041
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.960
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 7.853
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.097
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 2.987
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.904
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.963
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.055
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 10.309
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.333
When I write some files expected to persist 1.075
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.315
# 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" 11.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.378
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 7.687
And the network is plugged 0.043
And Tor is ready 8.589
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.144
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.453
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.252
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 12.637
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.342
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.055
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.063
Tags: @product
41.229
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 8.604
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.094
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.614
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:54.142
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 8.746
When I enable persistence 22.372
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.897
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.070
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.442
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.340
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.538
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.642
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.180
When I cold reboot the computer 6.063
And the computer reboots Tails 33.864
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.219
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.225
Given I enable persistence 14.283
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.078
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.323
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.733
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:14.524
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.509
# 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 30.727
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 1:9.281
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
39.584
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 8.926
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.753
Then persistence is disabled 0.077
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.762
And all notifications have disappeared 9.067
When I delete the persistent partition 2.751
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:22.512
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 8.479
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.075
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.247
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.471
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.078
Tags: @product
57.345
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 8.624
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.404
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.755
And all notifications have disappeared 8.641
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.292
And all tps features are enabled 8.084
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.310
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:43.039
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 2:0.259
And I enable persistence 26.247
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.381
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.530
And persistence is enabled 8.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.000
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 7.360
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.096
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.024
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.882
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.625
When I enable persistence 13.304
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.877
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 8.611
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.819
When I try to enable persistence 1.212
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.557
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.134
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.178
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.188
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.603
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 8.231
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.210
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.058
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.129
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 8.894
And all notifications have disappeared 7.700
# 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" 0.194
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.085
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.216
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.105
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.065
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 8.235
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.917
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.357
When I try to enable persistence 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.552
When I log in to a new session 9.320
And all notifications have disappeared 7.609
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.115
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000