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test_Tails_ISO_closed-issues-design-doc 2 28 May 2026, 18:01

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 21:53.371 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.726
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.201
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.243
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.321
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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30.642
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 9.069
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.203
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.397
And persistence is disabled 0.119
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:45.037
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.043
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.398
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.120
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.444
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.070
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.262
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.422
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.209
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
30.889
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.342
And the system is very low on memory 4.351
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.159
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.816
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.102
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.386
And I free up some memory 0.843
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.839
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.859
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.063
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.341
And all tps features are active 1.501
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.227
When I disable the first tps feature 2.776
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.548
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.286
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.537
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.066
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13.344
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.866
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I disable the first tps feature 2.559
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.060
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.047
When I enable the first tps feature 2.478
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
13.786
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.846
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.097
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.105
And I disable the first tps feature 2.724
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.960
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
44.977
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.319
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 13.110
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.272
When I write some files expected to persist 1.186
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.003
# 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" 13.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:46.038
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.593
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 10.331
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.139
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.740
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.517
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 12.046
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.433
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.079
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.053
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43.606
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.488
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.069
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 16.104
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:56.897
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.750
When I enable persistence 14.113
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.839
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.949
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.454
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.269
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.567
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.080
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.151
When I cold reboot the computer 10.433
And the computer reboots Tails 38.994
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.280
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.193
Given I enable persistence 8.423
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.087
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.260
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.882
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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2:26.220
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.591
# 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 29.878
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.398
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:17.876
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.475
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product
40.880
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 9.100
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.563
Then persistence is disabled 0.099
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.667
And all notifications have disappeared 8.321
When I delete the persistent partition 2.753
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.374
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:26.874
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.347
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.069
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.790
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.399
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
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45.021
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
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
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.231
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.493
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.161
And all notifications have disappeared 8.113
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.313
And all tps features are enabled 1.222
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:5.724
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
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 31.637
And I enable persistence 20.591
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.214
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.604
And persistence is enabled 1.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
22.674
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
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 7.500
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.561
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
27.911
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.561
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.828
When I enable persistence 8.172
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.117
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
25.909
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.158
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.307
When I try to enable persistence 1.281
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.369
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.399
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.149
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.714
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.088
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.073
When I try to enable persistence 1.252
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.919
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 12.351
And all notifications have disappeared 9.406
# 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" 0.236
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.505
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.177
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.478
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.635
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.303
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.708
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.409
When I try to enable persistence 1.250
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.696
When I log in to a new session 11.859
And all notifications have disappeared 9.554
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.860
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000