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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4408 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 20:6.793 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.706
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.005
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.539
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.242
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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27.048
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 8.573
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.396
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.264
And persistence is disabled 0.114
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.407
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 8.379
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.293
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.737
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.906
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.738
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.166
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
28.316
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 7.476
And the system is very low on memory 3.902
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.155
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.455
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.089
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.356
And I free up some memory 0.879
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.936
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.466
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 8.245
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.309
And all tps features are active 1.245
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.775
When I disable the first tps feature 2.507
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.216
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.521
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.429
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
12.912
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 enabled and logged in 7.472
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.085
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I disable the first tps feature 2.542
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.043
When I enable the first tps feature 2.486
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
12.988
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.338
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
And I disable the first tps feature 2.482
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.006
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
39.406
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 7.213
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 9.694
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.180
When I write some files expected to persist 1.126
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.375
# 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" 11.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.348
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:40.787
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 7.218
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 9.503
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.189
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.350
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.948
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.031
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.332
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.070
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.063
Tags: @product
38.842
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.441
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.084
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.352
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:46.611
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 8.558
When I enable persistence 12.843
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.734
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.314
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.316
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.231
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.543
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.762
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.134
When I cold reboot the computer 10.233
And the computer reboots Tails 36.220
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.258
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.224
Given I enable persistence 7.125
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.101
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.247
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.613
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010
Tags: @product
2:9.822
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 enabled and logged in 8.222
# 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 25.833
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.475
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.282
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.331
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.023
Tags: @product
37.867
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 8.267
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.249
Then persistence is disabled 0.082
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.452
And all notifications have disappeared 7.722
When I delete the persistent partition 2.719
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.372
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:21.488
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 7.671
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.346
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.148
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
40.441
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 7.600
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.137
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.371
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.022
And all notifications have disappeared 7.815
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.290
And all tps features are enabled 1.038
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:2.176
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 30.319
And I enable persistence 18.551
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.175
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.543
And persistence is enabled 1.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
21.441
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 7.022
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 13.904
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.304
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 7.498
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.429
When I enable persistence 6.634
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
22.478
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 7.366
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.432
When I try to enable persistence 1.209
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.795
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.395
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.156
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.368
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.918
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 7.499
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.077
When I try to enable persistence 1.135
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.590
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 10.833
And all notifications have disappeared 9.644
# 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" 0.192
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.418
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.175
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.363
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.358
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 7.762
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.451
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.420
When I try to enable persistence 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.711
When I log in to a new session 10.434
And all notifications have disappeared 8.846
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.691
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000