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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4574 28 Aug 2026, 07:29

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 22:49.215 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:25.138
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 1:14.051
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.885
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.180
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.274
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 8.182
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.810
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.181
And persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:53.669
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 35.022
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.232
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.109
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.783
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.915
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.370
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.138
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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29.525
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 8.204
And the system is very low on memory 4.837
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.124
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.212
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.068
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.327
And I free up some memory 0.500
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.194
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.492
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 7.868
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.300
And all tps features are active 7.496
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.859
When I disable the first tps feature 2.484
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.406
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.562
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.302
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
13.064
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 7.804
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.066
When I disable the first tps feature 2.442
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.046
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.034
When I enable the first tps feature 2.433
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.943
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 7.525
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 2.438
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.821
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.333
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 7.543
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 7.988
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.663
When I write some files expected to persist 0.925
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.219
# 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" 10.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.319
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 7.603
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 9.392
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.100
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.472
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.826
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 10.356
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.345
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.070
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.071
Tags: @product
36.667
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 8.348
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.089
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 10.797
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.261
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 8.420
When I enable persistence 21.891
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.134
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.472
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.348
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.258
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.531
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.788
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.124
When I cold reboot the computer 5.822
And the computer reboots Tails 31.928
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.232
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.163
Given I enable persistence 12.244
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.084
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.292
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.426
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:2.156
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 8.180
# 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 27.228
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.996
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.460
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.290
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
36.834
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 7.970
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.226
Then persistence is disabled 0.069
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.857
And all notifications have disappeared 7.749
When I delete the persistent partition 2.604
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:27.784
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 20.709
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.038
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.307
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.516
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product
52.934
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 7.495
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.142
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.567
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.697
And all notifications have disappeared 8.250
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.252
And all tps features are enabled 6.930
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:39.618
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 1:57.125
And I enable persistence 26.305
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.684
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.460
And persistence is enabled 8.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.154
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 7.365
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.357
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.834
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 7.935
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.462
When I enable persistence 12.398
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.038
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.080
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 7.587
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.005
When I try to enable persistence 1.232
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.861
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.123
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.099
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.200
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.118
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 7.809
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.611
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.208
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.030
When I log in to a new session 7.816
And all notifications have disappeared 6.328
# 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" 0.142
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.093
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.177
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.004
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
51.008
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 20.772
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.898
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.252
When I try to enable persistence 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.592
When I log in to a new session 7.294
And all notifications have disappeared 7.314
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.025
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000