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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4466 23 Jun 2026, 11:16

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 21:19.560 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.965
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 1:18.982
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.911
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.248
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.985
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 8.381
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.780
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.226
And persistence is disabled 0.098
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.454
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 8.434
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.299
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.101
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.951
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.413
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.933
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.232
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product
28.462
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.512
And the system is very low on memory 3.772
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.161
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.476
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.083
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.318
And I free up some memory 0.878
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.180
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.650
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 8.164
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.325
And all tps features are active 5.661
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.050
When I disable the first tps feature 2.494
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.760
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.749
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.479
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
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13.058
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 7.319
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.090
When I disable the first tps feature 2.750
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.074
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.063
When I enable the first tps feature 2.513
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.668
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 7.106
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
And I disable the first tps feature 2.491
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.885
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.834
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 7.292
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 9.744
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.192
When I write some files expected to persist 1.147
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.472
# 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" 11.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.453
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:46.114
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 7.234
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 10.121
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.252
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.454
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.909
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.416
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.489
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.076
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.056
Tags: @product
40.336
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 8.220
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.075
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.798
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:52.594
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 8.294
When I enable persistence 15.904
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.595
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.288
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.335
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.222
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.565
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.832
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.145
When I cold reboot the computer 10.141
And the computer reboots Tails 35.641
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.273
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.187
Given I enable persistence 11.089
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.072
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.217
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.615
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:14.278
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 7.983
# 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 29.200
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.053
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.568
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035
Tags: @product
38.209
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 8.162
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.964
Then persistence is disabled 0.088
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.569
And all notifications have disappeared 7.434
When I delete the persistent partition 2.666
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.323
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:23.563
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 7.430
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.051
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.425
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.432
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
48.579
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 8.055
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.135
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.262
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.507
And all notifications have disappeared 7.542
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.305
And all tps features are enabled 5.016
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:9.356
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 30.346
And I enable persistence 22.555
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.235
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.555
And persistence is enabled 5.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.964
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 6.910
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.547
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.506
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.712
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 8.018
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.928
When I enable persistence 10.197
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.054
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 7.884
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.008
When I try to enable persistence 1.292
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.145
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.202
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.398
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.139
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.905
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 7.286
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.083
When I try to enable persistence 1.212
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.443
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.037
When I log in to a new session 10.435
And all notifications have disappeared 8.497
# 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" 0.243
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.116
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.278
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.374
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.807
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 7.254
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.574
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.324
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.850
When I log in to a new session 10.135
And all notifications have disappeared 8.458
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.286
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000