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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4407 21 May 2026, 11:24

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 22:49.145 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.916
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:23.881
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.663
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.308
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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33.455
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 9.017
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.724
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.281
And persistence is disabled 0.093
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.339
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:47.355
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 10.680
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.365
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.128
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.775
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.184
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.820
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.293
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.023
Tags: @product
30.200
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 7.669
And the system is very low on memory 4.135
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.193
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.464
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.111
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.500
And I free up some memory 0.969
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.092
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.191
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 9.489
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.464
And all tps features are active 1.531
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.301
When I disable the first tps feature 2.574
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.436
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.150
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.914
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
Tags: @product
13.927
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 8.348
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.104
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.075
When I disable the first tps feature 2.607
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.061
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.517
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
14.915
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 enabled and logged in 8.076
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.086
And I disable the first tps feature 3.124
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.505
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
45.735
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 7.492
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 13.942
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.166
When I write some files expected to persist 1.214
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.756
# 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" 13.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:52.571
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 enabled and logged in 8.136
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 10.561
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.166
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.908
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.624
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 12.518
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.391
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.096
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.049
Tags: @product
43.772
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.761
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.081
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 16.024
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.372
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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3:0.156
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.733
When I enable persistence 15.448
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.347
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.320
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.327
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.246
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.531
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.139
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.177
When I cold reboot the computer 9.185
And the computer reboots Tails 39.719
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.296
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.251
Given I enable persistence 8.733
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.093
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.249
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.181
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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2:34.889
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 10.489
# 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 30.454
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.864
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:25.420
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.022
Tags: @product
42.125
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 8.683
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.288
Then persistence is disabled 0.107
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.493
And all notifications have disappeared 8.421
When I delete the persistent partition 2.749
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:31.410
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 8.524
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.050
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.581
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.954
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.299
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
Tags: @product
46.962
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 8.419
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.068
When I try to enable persistence 1.203
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.634
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.836
And all notifications have disappeared 8.143
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.257
And all tps features are enabled 1.140
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:9.524
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 34.216
And I enable persistence 20.666
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.991
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.673
And persistence is enabled 1.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.429
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.954
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.557
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.771
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
28.511
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.743
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.869
When I enable persistence 6.823
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
28.348
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.412
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.914
When I try to enable persistence 1.225
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.036
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.314
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.934
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.298
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
51.254
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.146
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.139
When I try to enable persistence 1.482
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.159
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.030
When I log in to a new session 13.118
And all notifications have disappeared 11.265
# 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" 0.319
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.710
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.257
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.512
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
50.966
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.668
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.864
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.354
When I try to enable persistence 1.256
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.874
When I log in to a new session 13.962
And all notifications have disappeared 9.248
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.809
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000