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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4467 24 Jun 2026, 11:16

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 22:11.592 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.592
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.439
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.956
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.249
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.975
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.900
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.174
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.359
And persistence is disabled 0.107
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:45.308
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.495
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.327
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.090
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.005
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 9.536
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.506
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.219
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product
30.181
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.437
And the system is very low on memory 3.347
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.180
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.930
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.103
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.387
And I free up some memory 0.832
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.881
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:51.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.409
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.483
And all tps features are active 5.786
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.115
When I disable the first tps feature 2.649
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.112
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.799
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.383
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.263
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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13.515
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.012
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.105
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.091
When I disable the first tps feature 2.591
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.054
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.057
When I enable the first tps feature 2.430
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.869
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.105
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.154
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
And I disable the first tps feature 2.627
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.841
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.752
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.251
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 13.345
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.420
When I write some files expected to persist 1.048
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.504
# 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" 12.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:48.905
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.210
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 9.621
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.134
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.616
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.967
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 11.709
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.424
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.061
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041
Tags: @product
43.910
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.652
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.098
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.591
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.221
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
3:0.030
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.496
When I enable persistence 18.098
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.846
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.758
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.376
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.241
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.517
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.863
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.139
When I cold reboot the computer 10.336
And the computer reboots Tails 37.660
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.273
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.206
Given I enable persistence 12.125
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.241
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.624
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
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2:15.219
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.120
# 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 32.732
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.372
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.652
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.341
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026
Tags: @product
36.713
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.787
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.934
Then persistence is disabled 0.111
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.006
And all notifications have disappeared 7.663
When I delete the persistent partition 2.699
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:25.880
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.593
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.049
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.456
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.527
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
48.339
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.448
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.225
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.716
And all notifications have disappeared 7.757
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.273
And all tps features are enabled 4.715
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:12.997
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 32.485
And I enable persistence 24.050
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.466
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.697
And persistence is enabled 5.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.780
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.435
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.762
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.243
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.937
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.953
When I enable persistence 11.067
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.377
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.442
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.160
When I try to enable persistence 1.239
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.343
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.453
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.152
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.359
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.551
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.326
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.914
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.248
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 11.762
And all notifications have disappeared 8.648
# 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" 0.370
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.677
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.259
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.369
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.442
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.426
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.417
When I try to enable persistence 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.212
When I log in to a new session 10.915
And all notifications have disappeared 9.394
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.797
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000