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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4571 26 Aug 2026, 18:27

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 23:13.255 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.751
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 1:18.709
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.123
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.258
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.202
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 8.094
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.581
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.235
And persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:37.283
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 9.122
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.287
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.110
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.344
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.067
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.208
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.916
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.175
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032
Tags: @product
29.956
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 8.468
And the system is very low on memory 4.616
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.175
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.126
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.129
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.345
And I free up some memory 0.502
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.561
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:47.993
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 8.180
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.269
And all tps features are active 7.959
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.752
When I disable the first tps feature 2.428
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.547
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.669
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.215
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.075
Tags: @product
13.402
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 8.174
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.040
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.040
When I disable the first tps feature 2.451
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.030
When I enable the first tps feature 2.444
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.047
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 7.545
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
And I disable the first tps feature 2.509
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.819
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.400
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 7.633
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 10.330
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.649
When I write some files expected to persist 0.975
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.275
# 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" 11.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.398
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 7.662
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 10.556
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.095
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.402
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.870
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 11.184
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.371
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.078
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.074
Tags: @product
40.136
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 8.593
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.091
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.337
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.657
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 8.462
When I enable persistence 22.999
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.836
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.292
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.248
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.149
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.510
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.247
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.132
When I cold reboot the computer 6.099
And the computer reboots Tails 32.717
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.313
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.168
Given I enable persistence 13.152
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.057
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.189
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.963
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026
Tags: @product
2:7.828
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 8.293
# 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 28.379
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.176
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.554
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.424
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
39.646
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 7.889
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.220
Then persistence is disabled 0.078
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.862
And all notifications have disappeared 8.697
When I delete the persistent partition 2.614
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:30.266
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 21.064
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.048
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.239
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.524
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.389
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
56.263
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 8.120
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.265
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.614
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.642
And all notifications have disappeared 7.802
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.239
And all tps features are enabled 7.925
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:45.244
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 2:0.658
And I enable persistence 28.067
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.608
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.491
And persistence is enabled 8.419
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.725
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 7.663
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.555
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.506
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.216
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 8.012
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.630
When I enable persistence 13.935
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.038
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.033
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.934
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.930
When I try to enable persistence 1.171
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.823
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.221
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.097
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.208
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.958
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 7.662
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.067
When I try to enable persistence 1.221
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.156
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.276
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 7.761
And all notifications have disappeared 7.441
# 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" 0.184
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.082
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.181
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 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.842
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 8.056
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.223
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.336
When I try to enable persistence 1.297
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.371
When I log in to a new session 8.192
And all notifications have disappeared 6.394
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.129
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 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000