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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4556 18 Aug 2026, 11:13

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 22:59.253 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.543
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.120
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.465
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.212
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.497
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 8.606
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.136
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.216
And persistence is disabled 0.094
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.117
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 8.554
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.242
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.108
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.430
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.244
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.206
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.172
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
29.564
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 8.138
And the system is very low on memory 4.380
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.163
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.760
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.098
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.596
And I free up some memory 0.478
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.912
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:46.256
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 8.310
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.292
And all tps features are active 8.219
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.865
When I disable the first tps feature 2.461
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.184
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.474
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.574
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037
Tags: @product
13.297
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 8.023
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I disable the first tps feature 2.462
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.053
When I enable the first tps feature 2.401
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.099
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.656
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 7.972
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
And I disable the first tps feature 2.532
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.967
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.749
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 7.652
And the network is plugged 0.085
And Tor is ready 10.042
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.179
When I write some files expected to persist 0.888
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.638
# 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" 11.263
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.492
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 7.719
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 8.638
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.116
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.188
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.156
And I capture all network traffic 0.024
And the network is plugged 0.062
And Tor is ready 11.007
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.381
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.052
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049
Tags: @product
50.683
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 21.486
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.081
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.452
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:50.424
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 8.389
When I enable persistence 23.389
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.995
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.531
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.428
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.309
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.616
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.789
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.135
When I cold reboot the computer 4.687
And the computer reboots Tails 33.684
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.188
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.197
Given I enable persistence 13.243
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.058
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.156
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.475
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:6.704
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 8.099
# 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 28.113
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.462
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.929
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
37.002
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 7.903
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.143
Then persistence is disabled 0.084
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.309
And all notifications have disappeared 7.582
When I delete the persistent partition 2.676
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.300
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:17.599
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 7.986
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.064
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.308
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.046
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
55.292
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 7.915
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.044
When I try to enable persistence 1.223
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.416
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.867
And all notifications have disappeared 8.109
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.244
And all tps features are enabled 8.041
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:44.769
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 2:1.105
And I enable persistence 27.453
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.331
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.553
And persistence is enabled 8.325
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.804
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 7.461
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.894
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.448
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
38.982
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 7.932
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.629
When I enable persistence 12.804
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.084
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.364
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 8.151
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.516
When I try to enable persistence 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.507
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.097
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.093
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.217
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.407
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 7.867
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.079
When I try to enable persistence 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.330
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.233
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I log in to a new session 7.682
And all notifications have disappeared 7.708
# 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" 0.139
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.131
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.203
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.087
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.042
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 7.886
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.305
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.305
When I try to enable persistence 1.209
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.597
When I log in to a new session 7.729
And all notifications have disappeared 7.134
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.080
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000