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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4592 03 Sep 2026, 17:50

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 24:40.675 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.320
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:23.285
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.071
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.253
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.564
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 8.801
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.052
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.224
And persistence is disabled 0.098
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.640
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 9.081
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.306
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.100
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.461
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.034
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.436
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.989
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.180
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
32.210
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 8.944
And the system is very low on memory 5.301
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.186
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.621
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.179
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.368
And I free up some memory 0.637
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.921
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:6.288
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 22.238
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.248
And all tps features are active 8.782
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.214
When I disable the first tps feature 2.563
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.447
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.190
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.034
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031
Tags: @product
14.717
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 8.844
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.077
When I disable the first tps feature 3.022
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.061
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.042
When I enable the first tps feature 2.439
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.580
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 7.914
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
And I disable the first tps feature 2.522
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.960
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.321
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 enabled and logged in 7.901
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 9.256
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.623
When I write some files expected to persist 1.224
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.501
# 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" 11.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.419
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.208
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 7.605
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 8.857
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.174
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.437
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.379
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 12.082
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.425
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.079
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.096
Tags: @product
40.885
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.880
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.213
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.854
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:56.238
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 9.324
When I enable persistence 24.208
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.969
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.077
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.422
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.331
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.551
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.421
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.141
When I cold reboot the computer 5.943
And the computer reboots Tails 34.427
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.334
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.249
Given I enable persistence 13.559
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.064
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 7.921
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:13.800
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 8.478
# 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 32.469
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.540
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.748
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
Tags: @product
40.844
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 8.800
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.904
Then persistence is disabled 0.083
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.305
And all notifications have disappeared 8.678
When I delete the persistent partition 2.799
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:24.308
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 8.252
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.094
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.636
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.094
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
Tags: @product
1:2.178
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 9.221
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.070
When I try to enable persistence 1.149
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.116
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.643
And all notifications have disappeared 7.700
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.268
And all tps features are enabled 8.418
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:56.103
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 2:9.767
And I enable persistence 29.030
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.306
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.524
And persistence is enabled 8.474
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.755
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 21.121
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.965
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.646
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 8.880
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.508
When I enable persistence 13.644
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.870
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 8.722
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.202
When I try to enable persistence 1.232
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.239
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.124
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.427
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.076
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.180
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.767
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 8.676
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.147
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.070
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.232
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.031
When I log in to a new session 8.691
And all notifications have disappeared 7.497
# 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" 0.169
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.115
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.228
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.109
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.423
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 8.815
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.494
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.325
When I try to enable persistence 1.232
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.412
When I log in to a new session 8.038
And all notifications have disappeared 7.810
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.324
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000