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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4558 18 Aug 2026, 19:14

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 24:18.019 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.723
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 1:19.124
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.177
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.341
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.944
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 9.231
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.078
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.337
And persistence is disabled 0.078
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.308
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 9.127
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.399
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.098
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.171
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.040
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.580
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.624
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.200
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product
32.460
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 8.020
And the system is very low on memory 4.683
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.364
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.948
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.153
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.340
And I free up some memory 0.482
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.419
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:53.349
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 8.897
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.347
And all tps features are active 8.754
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.091
When I disable the first tps feature 2.552
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.772
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.808
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.467
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
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15.014
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.097
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.119
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.086
When I disable the first tps feature 3.007
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.055
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.040
When I enable the first tps feature 2.424
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.889
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 7.993
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.098
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.075
And I disable the first tps feature 2.690
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.989
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
57.567
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 21.346
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 10.151
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.461
When I write some files expected to persist 1.252
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.323
# 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" 11.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.425
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 8.007
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 9.739
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.143
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.363
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.927
And I capture all network traffic 0.009
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 11.633
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.360
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.072
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043
Tags: @product
40.361
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 8.861
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.093
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.157
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:56.225
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 8.825
When I enable persistence 23.125
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.186
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.033
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.408
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.298
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.538
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.230
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.129
When I cold reboot the computer 5.932
And the computer reboots Tails 33.834
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.351
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.253
Given I enable persistence 14.492
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.128
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.159
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.179
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
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2:10.968
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 8.800
# 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 28.679
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.305
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.479
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product
42.920
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 9.154
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.895
Then persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.382
And all notifications have disappeared 9.467
When I delete the persistent partition 2.652
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:23.811
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 8.505
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.057
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.530
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.528
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048
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59.351
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 8.761
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.985
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.418
And all notifications have disappeared 8.739
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.261
And all tps features are enabled 8.726
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:51.250
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 2:1.741
And I enable persistence 30.609
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.593
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.566
And persistence is enabled 9.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.195
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.713
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.977
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.503
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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44.920
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.399
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.495
When I enable persistence 14.409
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.823
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 8.954
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.386
When I try to enable persistence 1.364
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.067
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.124
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.266
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.070
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.080
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.140
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.383
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.449
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.100
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.031
When I log in to a new session 8.917
And all notifications have disappeared 8.445
# 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" 0.173
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.089
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.177
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.266
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.366
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 8.873
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.871
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.321
When I try to enable persistence 1.227
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.163
When I log in to a new session 7.326
And all notifications have disappeared 7.935
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.458
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000