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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4596 04 Sep 2026, 11:11

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 22:27.423 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.800
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 1:17.545
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.404
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.211
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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39.681
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 21.500
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.901
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.197
And persistence is disabled 0.071
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:27.243
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 8.383
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.281
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.248
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.040
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.956
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.067
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.153
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product
28.145
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 7.935
And the system is very low on memory 4.379
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.198
When I try to create a persistent partition 3.902
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.160
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.434
And I free up some memory 0.435
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.652
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:54.666
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 20.953
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.294
And all tps features are active 7.612
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.547
When I disable the first tps feature 2.478
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.331
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.122
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.597
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032
Tags: @product
12.836
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.537
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I disable the first tps feature 2.449
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.045
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.034
When I enable the first tps feature 2.487
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.146
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 7.574
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.144
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
And I disable the first tps feature 2.480
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.854
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.075
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 7.611
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 10.173
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.372
When I write some files expected to persist 0.990
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.021
# 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" 10.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.339
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 7.526
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 9.896
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.112
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.421
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.794
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 11.025
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.345
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.068
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.070
Tags: @product
37.074
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 8.105
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.072
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.411
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:47.190
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 8.454
When I enable persistence 23.203
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.651
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.643
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.372
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.278
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.547
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.376
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.112
When I cold reboot the computer 5.854
And the computer reboots Tails 32.293
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.259
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.200
Given I enable persistence 12.537
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.141
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.080
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:7.572
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 8.184
# 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 33.460
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.380
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.116
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.430
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
Tags: @product
36.887
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 7.901
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.236
Then persistence is disabled 0.068
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.868
And all notifications have disappeared 7.930
When I delete the persistent partition 2.618
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:15.637
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 7.764
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.056
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.165
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.476
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product
53.761
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 8.201
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.146
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.525
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.259
And all notifications have disappeared 7.766
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.217
And all tps features are enabled 7.800
And all tps features but the first one are active 6.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:37.063
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 1:56.533
And I enable persistence 25.693
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.911
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.549
And persistence is enabled 7.375
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.971
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 7.309
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.202
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.584
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 8.427
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.339
When I enable persistence 12.320
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.363
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 8.060
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.017
When I try to enable persistence 1.240
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.396
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.140
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.162
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.190
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.273
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 7.602
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.151
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.890
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.171
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.022
When I log in to a new session 7.476
And all notifications have disappeared 6.502
# 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" 0.211
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.096
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.195
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.070
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.106
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 7.902
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.907
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.251
When I try to enable persistence 1.134
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.168
When I log in to a new session 7.291
And all notifications have disappeared 6.374
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.403
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000