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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4463 21 Jun 2026, 11:36

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 22:30.518 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.656
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 1:21.132
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.302
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.259
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.234
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.021
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.385
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.503
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.268
And persistence is disabled 0.096
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.369
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:46.953
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.996
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.326
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.127
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.069
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.239
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.884
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.185
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026
Tags: @product
29.115
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.028
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.905
And the system is very low on memory 3.472
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.197
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.619
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.093
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.364
And I free up some memory 0.794
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.609
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:52.849
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.051
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.332
And all tps features are active 5.295
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.158
When I disable the first tps feature 3.224
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.757
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.491
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.650
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product
13.888
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.020
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.381
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.094
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I disable the first tps feature 2.646
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.051
When I enable the first tps feature 2.441
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.990
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.021
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.785
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.100
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
And I disable the first tps feature 3.097
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.899
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
48.082
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 7.970
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 12.765
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.174
When I write some files expected to persist 1.094
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.962
# 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" 12.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:54.093
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.020
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.764
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 13.565
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.190
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.398
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.442
And I capture all network traffic 0.027
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 13.108
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.388
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.059
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.072
Tags: @product
42.284
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.026
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.957
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.092
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.205
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.185
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:58.595
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.777
When I enable persistence 17.348
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.050
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.558
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.325
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.223
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.552
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.546
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.129
When I cold reboot the computer 9.388
And the computer reboots Tails 38.233
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.262
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.175
Given I enable persistence 11.027
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.062
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.200
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.580
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
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2:14.345
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.571
# 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 26.917
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.447
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:9.368
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035
Tags: @product
37.670
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.176
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.260
Then persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.234
And all notifications have disappeared 7.765
When I delete the persistent partition 2.803
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:26.699
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.799
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.066
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.545
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
Tags: @product
50.615
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.928
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.072
When I try to enable persistence 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.779
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.107
And all notifications have disappeared 8.013
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.275
And all tps features are enabled 5.432
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:11.314
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.062
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 30.910
And I enable persistence 23.148
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.260
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.558
And persistence is enabled 5.436
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.765
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.029
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 7.793
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.435
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
34.580
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.684
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.971
When I enable persistence 10.670
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.279
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.614
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.734
When I try to enable persistence 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.687
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.239
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.554
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.186
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.576
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.174
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.072
When I try to enable persistence 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.315
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 12.582
And all notifications have disappeared 9.755
# 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" 0.133
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.479
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.169
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.522
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.925
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.838
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.852
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.310
When I try to enable persistence 1.213
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.868
When I log in to a new session 11.233
And all notifications have disappeared 8.371
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.509
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000