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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4627 17 Sep 2026, 16:37

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 22:48.702 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.945
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 1:18.273
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.613
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.382
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.373
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 8.958
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.289
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.225
And persistence is disabled 0.082
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.672
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 8.733
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.272
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.717
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.081
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.930
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.641
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.152
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
29.097
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 7.877
And the system is very low on memory 4.086
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.226
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.616
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.076
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.336
And I free up some memory 0.450
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.369
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:47.359
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.580
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.265
And all tps features are active 7.914
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.682
When I disable the first tps feature 2.509
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.073
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.580
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.989
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
13.101
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 7.719
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I disable the first tps feature 2.478
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.106
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.049
When I enable the first tps feature 2.467
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.323
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 7.752
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.109
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
And I disable the first tps feature 2.558
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.798
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.981
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 7.685
And the network is plugged 0.048
And Tor is ready 8.440
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.786
When I write some files expected to persist 1.255
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.341
# 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" 11.423
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.448
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 7.921
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 11.099
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 5.440
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.172
And I capture all network traffic 0.009
And the network is plugged 0.918
And Tor is ready 10.189
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.373
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.091
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.085
Tags: @product
38.546
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 8.730
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.059
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.057
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.041
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 8.616
When I enable persistence 22.194
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.908
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.263
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.487
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.168
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.548
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.118
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.141
When I cold reboot the computer 5.808
And the computer reboots Tails 33.401
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.347
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.139
Given I enable persistence 12.242
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.179
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.377
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.966
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:4.125
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 8.244
# 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 28.012
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.206
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.904
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031
Tags: @product
36.236
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 7.923
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.199
Then persistence is disabled 0.072
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.380
And all notifications have disappeared 7.789
When I delete the persistent partition 2.619
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:15.920
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 7.965
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.041
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.455
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.263
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
56.098
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 7.807
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.153
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.428
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.698
And all notifications have disappeared 8.610
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.306
And all tps features are enabled 7.630
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:39.911
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 1:58.090
And I enable persistence 25.674
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.452
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.577
And persistence is enabled 8.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.546
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 7.422
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.656
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.467
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
38.222
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 8.123
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.364
When I enable persistence 12.836
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.524
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 21.100
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.670
When I try to enable persistence 1.274
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.078
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.164
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.081
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.783
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 8.039
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.079
When I try to enable persistence 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.132
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.082
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 8.757
And all notifications have disappeared 7.165
# 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" 0.185
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.083
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.152
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.092
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.442
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
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 9.413
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.221
When I try to enable persistence 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.949
When I log in to a new session 8.437
And all notifications have disappeared 6.932
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.095
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000