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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4572 27 Aug 2026, 11:10

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 23:5.845 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.629
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 1:15.111
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.665
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.209
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.471
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 8.271
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.582
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.183
And persistence is disabled 0.073
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.359
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.512
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 21.714
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.364
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.150
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.680
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.907
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.450
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.136
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
28.816
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 7.668
And the system is very low on memory 4.751
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.199
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.443
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.102
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.413
And I free up some memory 0.485
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.709
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.411
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 8.029
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.294
And all tps features are active 7.901
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.615
When I disable the first tps feature 2.458
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.176
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.628
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.352
Then all tps features but the first one are active 6.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
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13.037
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 7.807
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I disable the first tps feature 2.453
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.065
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.397
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.040
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.075
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 7.555
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
And I disable the first tps feature 2.516
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.843
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
52.277
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 7.636
And the network is plugged 0.049
And Tor is ready 21.249
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.218
When I write some files expected to persist 0.843
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.224
# 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" 11.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.377
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 7.621
And the network is plugged 0.048
And Tor is ready 7.967
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.109
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.141
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.795
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 12.170
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.326
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.059
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.069
Tags: @product
37.128
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 8.169
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 11.181
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:56.321
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 21.586
When I enable persistence 19.939
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.686
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.216
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.404
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.358
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.485
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.589
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.129
When I cold reboot the computer 4.427
And the computer reboots Tails 32.140
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.317
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.256
Given I enable persistence 11.929
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.089
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.149
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.501
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036
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2:1.720
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 enabled and logged in 8.239
# 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 26.033
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.473
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.932
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
51.577
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 21.975
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.713
Then persistence is disabled 0.071
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.733
And all notifications have disappeared 8.278
When I delete the persistent partition 2.560
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:16.084
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 8.174
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.080
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.417
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.197
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
56.038
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 7.994
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.081
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.566
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.224
And all notifications have disappeared 7.838
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.262
And all tps features are enabled 7.537
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.352
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:51.710
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 2:10.635
And I enable persistence 25.150
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.662
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.549
And persistence is enabled 7.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.682
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 7.413
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.799
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.915
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 8.087
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.084
When I enable persistence 12.156
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.525
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 7.619
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.991
When I try to enable persistence 1.229
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.270
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.107
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.146
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.078
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.435
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 7.704
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.683
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.122
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 7.343
And all notifications have disappeared 9.100
# 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" 0.120
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.090
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.131
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.134
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.093
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 7.802
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.575
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.256
When I try to enable persistence 1.223
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.428
When I log in to a new session 8.038
And all notifications have disappeared 6.043
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.036
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000