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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4377 05 May 2026, 13:58

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 23:5.001 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.839
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:23.933
And I update APT using apt 6.676
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.345
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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31.679
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.630
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.680
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.273
And persistence is disabled 0.112
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:47.107
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.634
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.478
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.119
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.935
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.533
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.230
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.775
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.355
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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31.265
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.731
And the system is very low on memory 3.544
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.177
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.610
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.113
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.457
And I free up some memory 1.345
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.804
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.480
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.845
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.843
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.462
And all tps features are active 1.581
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.227
When I disable the first tps feature 2.659
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.185
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.931
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.762
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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14.466
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.330
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.153
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.069
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.097
When I disable the first tps feature 3.038
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.092
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.042
When I enable the first tps feature 2.502
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
14.446
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.595
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
And I disable the first tps feature 3.029
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.648
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:1.368
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.969
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 18.402
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.396
When I write some files expected to persist 1.164
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.439
# 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?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 13.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:19.858
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.970
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 18.751
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.137
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.282
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.326
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 22.632
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.476
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.069
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048
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41.518
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.040
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.075
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.473
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.390
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:58.201
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.964
When I enable persistence 14.874
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.866
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.279
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.417
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.325
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.602
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.139
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.237
When I cold reboot the computer 9.461
And the computer reboots Tails 40.955
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.319
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.253
Given I enable persistence 7.506
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.105
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.227
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.469
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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2:28.976
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.892
# 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 29.035
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.908
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:9.855
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 31.284
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
42.669
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 9.074
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.409
Then persistence is disabled 0.164
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.546
And all notifications have disappeared 8.088
When I delete the persistent partition 2.933
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.452
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:23.612
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.205
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.050
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.578
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.505
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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45.645
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.157
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.377
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.145
And all notifications have disappeared 8.129
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.290
And all tps features are enabled 1.101
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:11.818
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 32.947
And I enable persistence 23.637
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.564
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.738
And persistence is enabled 1.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.450
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.862
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 17.030
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
26.142
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.358
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.909
When I enable persistence 6.968
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
26.945
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.657
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.818
When I try to enable persistence 1.306
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.974
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.573
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.155
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.805
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.869
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.080
When I try to enable persistence 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.153
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I log in to a new session 12.460
And all notifications have disappeared 10.689
# 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" 0.171
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.429
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.156
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.665
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.338
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.623
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.211
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.377
When I try to enable persistence 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.208
When I log in to a new session 11.299
And all notifications have disappeared 9.608
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.011
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000