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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4593 03 Sep 2026, 19:23

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 23:54.671 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.361
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 1:19.984
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.450
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.227
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.490
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 9.253
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.728
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.230
And persistence is disabled 0.071
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.642
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 8.462
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.264
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.088
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.255
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.458
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.797
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.228
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033
Tags: @product
30.514
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 8.336
And the system is very low on memory 4.879
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.320
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.467
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.191
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.398
And I free up some memory 0.565
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.307
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:52.547
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 9.048
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.388
And all tps features are active 8.586
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.926
When I disable the first tps feature 2.477
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.763
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.626
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.176
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
14.444
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 8.431
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.198
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.047
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.066
When I disable the first tps feature 3.024
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.060
When I enable the first tps feature 2.457
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.045
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.183
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
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.096
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.049
And I disable the first tps feature 2.493
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.867
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.939
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 8.101
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 13.005
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.137
When I write some files expected to persist 1.018
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.387
# 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" 12.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.348
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.795
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 8.044
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 10.091
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.145
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.461
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.114
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 11.318
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.407
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.052
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046
Tags: @product
40.204
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.471
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.113
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.587
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:58.831
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 8.599
When I enable persistence 23.493
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.895
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.436
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.452
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.149
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.532
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.872
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.127
When I cold reboot the computer 6.079
And the computer reboots Tails 34.417
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.334
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.237
Given I enable persistence 16.934
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.071
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.255
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.806
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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2:23.097
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 22.262
# 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 24.702
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.396
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.762
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
39.813
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 8.947
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.934
Then persistence is disabled 0.076
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.511
And all notifications have disappeared 8.401
When I delete the persistent partition 2.626
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:18.289
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 8.456
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.099
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 1:4.033
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045
Tags: @product
58.343
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 8.821
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.823
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.579
And all notifications have disappeared 8.220
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.274
And all tps features are enabled 8.802
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:45.826
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 2:2.053
And I enable persistence 27.174
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.742
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.437
And persistence is enabled 8.419
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.232
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 7.809
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.952
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.037
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.571
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.239
When I enable persistence 14.373
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.864
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 8.941
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.547
When I try to enable persistence 1.310
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.416
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.213
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.283
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.070
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.098
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.049
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 8.272
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.734
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.226
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.030
When I log in to a new session 8.256
And all notifications have disappeared 9.671
# 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" 0.188
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.280
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.153
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.049
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.160
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 8.652
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.250
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.275
When I try to enable persistence 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.396
When I log in to a new session 8.149
And all notifications have disappeared 7.343
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.152
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000