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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4578 31 Aug 2026, 11:16

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 24:22.523 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.092
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.150
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.778
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.327
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.144
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 8.505
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.807
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.283
And persistence is disabled 0.084
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.462
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:3.656
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 35.905
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.337
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.084
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.761
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.606
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.699
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.167
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029
Tags: @product
29.972
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 8.071
And the system is very low on memory 4.511
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.225
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.676
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.126
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.385
And I free up some memory 0.531
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.403
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:55.467
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 8.527
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.311
And all tps features are active 9.241
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.740
When I disable the first tps feature 2.506
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.827
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.533
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.983
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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13.445
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 7.919
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.081
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.088
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.082
When I disable the first tps feature 2.579
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.042
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.040
When I enable the first tps feature 2.469
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.100
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.788
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 8.189
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.081
And I disable the first tps feature 2.567
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.833
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.913
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 7.925
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 10.280
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.737
When I write some files expected to persist 1.146
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.346
# 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" 12.433
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.384
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.442
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 8.046
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 10.353
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.133
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.449
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.692
And I capture all network traffic 0.012
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 11.124
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.386
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.074
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042
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43.117
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 9.044
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.086
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.952
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:57.272
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 8.707
When I enable persistence 24.341
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.657
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.399
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.407
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.299
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.679
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.843
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.152
When I cold reboot the computer 6.243
And the computer reboots Tails 33.789
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.223
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.279
Given I enable persistence 14.255
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.080
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.323
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.387
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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2:11.804
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 8.841
# 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 30.838
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.662
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.357
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.290
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product
52.771
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 21.776
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.403
Then persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.540
And all notifications have disappeared 8.172
When I delete the persistent partition 2.546
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:20.220
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 7.925
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.060
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.452
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.471
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.310
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
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58.496
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 8.181
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.588
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.538
And all notifications have disappeared 8.684
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.259
And all tps features are enabled 8.580
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.401
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.935
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 2:1.502
And I enable persistence 29.333
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.440
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.515
And persistence is enabled 8.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.564
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.887
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.104
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.470
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 8.892
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.327
When I enable persistence 13.597
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.612
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 8.371
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.686
When I try to enable persistence 1.367
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.370
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.241
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.439
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.070
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.118
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.169
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 8.003
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.365
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.093
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 9.074
And all notifications have disappeared 7.608
# 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" 0.200
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.153
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.309
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.178
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.164
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 8.123
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.819
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.233
When I try to enable persistence 1.135
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.138
When I log in to a new session 9.103
And all notifications have disappeared 7.795
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.142
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000