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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4597 05 Sep 2026, 11:12

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 24:2.516 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.088
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 1:18.653
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.541
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.203
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.596
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 9.010
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.715
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.230
And persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:51.054
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 22.583
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.235
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.004
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.003
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.848
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.186
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product
29.825
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 8.422
And the system is very low on memory 4.731
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.193
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.422
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.137
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.423
And I free up some memory 0.505
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.933
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:49.428
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 8.588
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.331
And all tps features are active 8.436
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.679
When I disable the first tps feature 2.498
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.743
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.348
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.954
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
13.738
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 8.417
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I disable the first tps feature 2.483
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.046
When I enable the first tps feature 2.453
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.884
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 8.338
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
And I disable the first tps feature 2.577
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.785
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.742
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 7.759
And the network is plugged 0.045
And Tor is ready 8.847
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.061
When I write some files expected to persist 1.054
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.302
# 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" 11.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.413
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 8.060
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 10.749
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.099
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.400
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.357
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 12.073
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.428
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.056
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.077
Tags: @product
39.602
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.072
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.085
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.737
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:56.522
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.596
When I enable persistence 23.270
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.111
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.076
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.295
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.316
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.435
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.326
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.168
When I cold reboot the computer 6.119
And the computer reboots Tails 35.235
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.342
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.193
Given I enable persistence 14.135
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.065
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.289
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.431
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
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2:11.220
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 8.512
# 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 31.738
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.284
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.245
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product
40.787
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.684
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.956
Then persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.191
And all notifications have disappeared 8.894
When I delete the persistent partition 2.637
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.336
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:24.719
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 8.063
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.064
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.805
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.539
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.077
Tags: @product
1:4.791
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 8.471
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.741
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.006
And all notifications have disappeared 8.143
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.256
And all tps features are enabled 10.624
And all tps features but the first one are active 10.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:52.769
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 2:7.440
And I enable persistence 28.304
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.869
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.574
And persistence is enabled 8.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.192
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 7.670
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.944
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.673
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 8.544
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.289
When I enable persistence 13.039
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.093
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.035
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 8.285
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.973
When I try to enable persistence 1.235
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.538
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.089
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.139
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.101
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.698
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 8.530
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.092
When I try to enable persistence 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.608
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 8.874
And all notifications have disappeared 7.440
# 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" 0.110
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.100
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.163
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.480
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.731
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
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 I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.517
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.313
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.721
When I log in to a new session 7.763
And all notifications have disappeared 7.780
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.312
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000