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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4576 29 Aug 2026, 10:58

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 22:6.608 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.756
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 1:17.330
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.503
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.225
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.767
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 8.133
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.522
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.237
And persistence is disabled 0.082
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.412
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 8.502
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.253
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.069
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.747
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.166
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.381
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.181
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
Tags: @product
28.133
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 7.714
And the system is very low on memory 4.537
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.264
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.156
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.088
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.360
And I free up some memory 0.445
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.522
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.966
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 8.190
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.244
And all tps features are active 7.230
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.364
When I disable the first tps feature 2.491
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.449
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.515
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.132
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.348
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
Tags: @product
13.051
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 7.854
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I disable the first tps feature 2.466
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.049
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.042
When I enable the first tps feature 2.363
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.045
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.977
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 7.622
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
And I disable the first tps feature 2.443
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.737
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.307
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.563
And the network is plugged 0.045
And Tor is ready 8.342
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.369
When I write some files expected to persist 0.920
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.155
# 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" 10.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.481
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.147
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 7.582
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 9.816
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.113
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.192
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.579
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 12.247
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.378
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.053
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.117
Tags: @product
36.917
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.181
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.083
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 10.960
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:45.696
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 8.369
When I enable persistence 21.284
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.777
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.851
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.257
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.321
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.436
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.237
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.212
When I cold reboot the computer 5.725
And the computer reboots Tails 31.844
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.297
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.259
Given I enable persistence 12.788
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.075
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.312
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.528
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:1.869
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 7.931
# 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 26.762
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.192
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.262
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product
36.880
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 7.784
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.869
Then persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.189
And all notifications have disappeared 8.087
When I delete the persistent partition 2.636
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:26.230
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 20.834
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.047
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.184
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.994
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
52.722
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 7.892
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.873
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.625
And all notifications have disappeared 7.270
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.259
And all tps features are enabled 7.203
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.342
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:36.005
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 1:56.099
And I enable persistence 24.919
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.543
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.503
And persistence is enabled 7.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.875
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 7.292
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.123
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.208
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 8.147
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.315
When I enable persistence 12.406
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.040
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.298
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.690
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 7.818
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.719
When I try to enable persistence 1.249
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.300
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.134
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.190
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.041
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.077
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.449
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 7.888
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.080
When I try to enable persistence 1.150
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.349
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.230
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 7.494
And all notifications have disappeared 6.949
# 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" 0.182
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.120
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.135
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.977
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.541
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 7.981
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.038
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.290
When I try to enable persistence 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.197
When I log in to a new session 7.752
And all notifications have disappeared 7.037
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.252
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000