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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4567 25 Aug 2026, 11:12

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 23:40.501 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.741
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 1:18.164
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.658
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.244
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.624
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 log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.033
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.259
And persistence is disabled 0.071
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:48.311
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 22.231
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.265
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.103
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.874
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 5.651
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.915
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.135
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
30.294
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 8.052
And the system is very low on memory 4.828
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.177
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.889
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.131
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.493
And I free up some memory 0.597
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.083
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:50.353
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 8.492
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.331
And all tps features are active 8.536
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.820
When I disable the first tps feature 2.493
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.659
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.337
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.594
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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13.624
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 8.280
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.081
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
When I disable the first tps feature 2.504
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.442
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.043
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 7.605
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
And I disable the first tps feature 2.434
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.825
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.467
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 7.763
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 8.669
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.848
When I write some files expected to persist 1.086
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.668
# 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" 11.403
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.290
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.796
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 7.886
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 9.952
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.107
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.407
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.708
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 11.172
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.310
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.065
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037
Tags: @product
38.539
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 8.785
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.074
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.701
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:56.238
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 9.065
When I enable persistence 23.727
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.881
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.872
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.438
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.335
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.467
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.325
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.145
When I cold reboot the computer 6.166
And the computer reboots Tails 34.143
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.366
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.290
Given I enable persistence 13.664
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.062
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.145
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.010
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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2:13.233
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 8.274
# 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 32.562
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.679
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.469
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
37.968
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.152
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.473
Then persistence is disabled 0.094
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.443
And all notifications have disappeared 7.006
When I delete the persistent partition 2.746
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.820
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 8.039
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.063
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.455
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.085
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
57.212
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 7.839
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.237
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.832
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.684
And all notifications have disappeared 8.265
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.372
And all tps features are enabled 7.734
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:53.166
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 2:8.878
And I enable persistence 27.630
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.877
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.571
And persistence is enabled 8.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.807
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 7.748
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.529
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.448
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 8.584
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.359
When I enable persistence 13.170
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.421
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 8.206
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.684
When I try to enable persistence 1.265
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.401
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.299
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.370
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.218
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.374
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 8.214
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.150
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.638
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.271
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 8.560
And all notifications have disappeared 8.752
# 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" 0.144
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.100
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.284
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.218
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.012
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 8.060
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.759
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.343
When I try to enable persistence 1.228
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.224
When I log in to a new session 8.420
And all notifications have disappeared 7.891
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.244
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000