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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4554 17 Aug 2026, 18:25

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 24:7.094 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:42.957
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 1:31.134
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.473
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.172
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.500
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 8.577
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.946
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.212
And persistence is disabled 0.166
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:37.159
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 8.734
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.274
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.101
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.693
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.037
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.468
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.545
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.243
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product
30.246
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.540
And the system is very low on memory 4.694
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.403
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.389
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.169
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.399
And I free up some memory 0.683
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.921
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:52.368
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 8.459
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.438
And all tps features are active 8.127
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.507
When I disable the first tps feature 2.473
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.642
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.709
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.500
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
13.504
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 7.994
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.078
When I disable the first tps feature 2.649
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.041
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.033
When I enable the first tps feature 2.478
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.584
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 8.065
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
And I disable the first tps feature 2.551
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.775
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.702
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 7.833
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 11.634
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.286
When I write some files expected to persist 1.130
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.570
# 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" 12.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.759
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 7.876
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 10.595
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.195
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.749
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.950
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 10.800
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.384
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.049
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055
Tags: @product
40.674
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.866
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.080
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.161
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:55.350
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 8.639
When I enable persistence 23.069
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.386
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.391
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.272
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.359
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.605
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.382
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.135
When I cold reboot the computer 6.076
And the computer reboots Tails 34.208
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.344
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.245
Given I enable persistence 13.240
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.079
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.307
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.515
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:16.640
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 8.586
# 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 34.764
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.172
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.324
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
42.919
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.758
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.055
Then persistence is disabled 0.070
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.457
And all notifications have disappeared 8.530
When I delete the persistent partition 2.729
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.319
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:22.459
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.463
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.065
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.636
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.028
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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1:11.545
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 22.143
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.071
When I try to enable persistence 1.233
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.714
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.525
And all notifications have disappeared 8.199
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.301
And all tps features are enabled 8.063
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.294
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:45.092
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 2:0.908
And I enable persistence 27.225
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.456
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.606
And persistence is enabled 8.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.929
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.438
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.945
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.857
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 8.998
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.920
When I enable persistence 13.872
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.584
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 8.355
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.371
When I try to enable persistence 1.246
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.993
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.264
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.204
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.105
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.471
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 8.095
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.417
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.176
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 9.114
And all notifications have disappeared 7.223
# 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" 0.153
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.083
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.161
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.038
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.784
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 8.201
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.129
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.253
When I try to enable persistence 1.129
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.260
When I log in to a new session 9.339
And all notifications have disappeared 7.519
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.016
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000