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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4448 15 Jun 2026, 15:25

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 22:33.934 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.907
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:23.866
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.500
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.311
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.628
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.050
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.742
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.616
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.342
And persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.274
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.253
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.478
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.183
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.856
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.713
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.476
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.194
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product
29.991
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.220
And the system is very low on memory 3.941
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.203
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.581
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 2.395
And I free up some memory 0.872
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.607
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:53.967
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.894
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.316
And all tps features are active 6.052
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.125
When I disable the first tps feature 2.630
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.892
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.361
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
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13.908
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.299
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.076
When I disable the first tps feature 2.616
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.057
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.084
When I enable the first tps feature 2.533
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
14.387
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.048
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.588
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
And I disable the first tps feature 2.772
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.835
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
48.984
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.022
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.678
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 12.286
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.241
When I write some files expected to persist 1.302
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.407
# 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" 13.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:51.684
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.942
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 10.435
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.153
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.876
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.700
And I capture all network traffic 0.023
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.924
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.432
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.084
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.094
Tags: @product
44.033
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.637
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.087
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.323
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:5.157
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.492
When I enable persistence 18.840
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.859
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.610
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.440
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.226
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.706
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.916
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.153
When I cold reboot the computer 10.087
And the computer reboots Tails 39.521
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.279
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.201
Given I enable persistence 13.003
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.061
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.248
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.294
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
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2:13.008
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.829
# 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 29.017
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.441
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.228
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
Tags: @product
39.062
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.469
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.884
Then persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.747
And all notifications have disappeared 7.645
When I delete the persistent partition 2.813
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.415
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.392
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.192
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.064
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.753
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.143
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product
50.978
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.165
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.087
When I try to enable persistence 1.183
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.135
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.956
And all notifications have disappeared 7.710
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.265
And all tps features are enabled 5.111
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:11.834
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
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 30.679
And I enable persistence 24.220
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.181
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.550
And persistence is enabled 5.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.309
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
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 7.375
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.335
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.638
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.887
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.796
When I enable persistence 11.145
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.610
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.078
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.474
When I try to enable persistence 1.271
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.328
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.210
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.610
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.153
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.419
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.500
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.730
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.838
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.203
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I log in to a new session 10.602
And all notifications have disappeared 9.476
# 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" 0.203
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.507
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.300
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.597
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.676
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.570
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.052
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.369
When I try to enable persistence 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.844
When I log in to a new session 11.187
And all notifications have disappeared 8.270
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.446
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000