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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4555 18 Aug 2026, 07:33

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 22:52.369 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.025
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 1:15.631
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.394
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.257
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.290
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 8.779
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.534
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.285
And persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:30.994
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 8.327
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.288
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.119
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.329
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.325
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.345
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.155
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
29.905
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.997
And the system is very low on memory 4.714
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.241
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.447
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.137
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.411
And I free up some memory 0.439
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.475
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:45.342
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 8.354
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.312
And all tps features are active 8.259
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.562
When I disable the first tps feature 2.512
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.749
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.414
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.935
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048
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13.259
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 enabled and logged in 7.998
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.093
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I disable the first tps feature 2.439
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.044
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.046
When I enable the first tps feature 2.401
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.233
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 7.813
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.047
And I disable the first tps feature 2.473
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.799
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.721
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.717
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 9.338
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.021
When I write some files expected to persist 0.957
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.218
# 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" 11.424
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:49.848
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 20.869
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 8.162
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.136
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.419
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.281
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 10.414
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.342
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.072
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052
Tags: @product
37.338
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 8.718
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.097
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.062
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.460
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.569
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 9.068
When I enable persistence 22.446
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.430
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.388
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.377
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" 4.514
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.184
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.169
When I cold reboot the computer 5.735
And the computer reboots Tails 33.052
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.342
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.249
Given I enable persistence 12.683
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.083
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.370
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.941
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:8.590
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 enabled and logged in 8.006
# 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 27.999
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.345
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.865
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.372
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
38.566
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 8.376
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.913
Then persistence is disabled 0.089
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.870
And all notifications have disappeared 8.480
When I delete the persistent partition 2.604
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:17.904
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 8.025
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.050
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.211
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.442
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
56.548
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 8.134
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.428
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.241
And all notifications have disappeared 7.888
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.258
And all tps features are enabled 8.041
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:42.445
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 2:0.009
And I enable persistence 26.776
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.501
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.510
And persistence is enabled 7.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.418
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 7.671
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.242
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.480
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 8.134
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.080
When I enable persistence 12.491
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.042
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.925
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 7.791
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.495
When I try to enable persistence 1.230
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.679
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.213
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.145
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.113
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.080
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 8.048
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.076
When I try to enable persistence 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.488
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.112
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.033
When I log in to a new session 8.444
And all notifications have disappeared 7.172
# 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" 0.239
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.107
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.165
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.137
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.878
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 8.207
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.088
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.332
When I try to enable persistence 1.267
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.960
When I log in to a new session 8.139
And all notifications have disappeared 6.705
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.337
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000