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test_Tails_ISO_20036-check-po-msgfmt-ignore-irrelevant-directories 2 25 Jul 2026, 19:28

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 22:27.179 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.083
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 1:19.460
And I update the APT lists using apt 8.571
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.266
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.424
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 8.442
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.820
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.273
And persistence is disabled 0.097
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.255
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 8.464
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.343
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.102
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.455
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.067
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.026
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.580
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.168
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
32.811
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 7.478
And the system is very low on memory 6.004
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.179
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.848
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.088
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.421
And I free up some memory 0.810
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.916
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:49.777
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 8.353
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.317
And all tps features are active 5.536
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.014
When I disable the first tps feature 2.590
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.428
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.757
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.709
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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13.048
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 7.505
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.096
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.076
When I disable the first tps feature 2.590
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.065
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.049
When I enable the first tps feature 2.489
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.186
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 7.280
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.100
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
And I disable the first tps feature 2.593
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.060
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.747
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 7.519
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 13.241
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.307
When I write some files expected to persist 1.355
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.366
# 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" 12.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:46.267
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 7.338
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 10.324
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.106
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.977
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.250
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 12.638
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.381
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.088
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.589
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.078
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.407
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:55.536
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 8.727
When I enable persistence 20.830
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.740
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.533
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.394
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.283
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.513
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.468
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.110
When I cold reboot the computer 6.138
And the computer reboots Tails 36.415
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.318
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.175
Given I enable persistence 11.984
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.097
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.262
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.399
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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2:16.293
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 8.276
# 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 31.914
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.134
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:10.465
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
42.604
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 8.678
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.245
Then persistence is disabled 0.119
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.455
And all notifications have disappeared 8.835
When I delete the persistent partition 2.828
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.441
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:27.137
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 8.507
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.056
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.814
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.516
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
Tags: @product
52.836
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 7.849
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.183
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.498
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.972
And all notifications have disappeared 8.019
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.338
And all tps features are enabled 4.885
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:16.908
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 34.119
And I enable persistence 25.902
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.480
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.635
And persistence is enabled 5.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.708
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 6.977
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.086
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
35.723
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 8.227
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.523
When I enable persistence 10.520
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.401
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.621
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 8.070
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.088
When I try to enable persistence 1.384
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.935
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.540
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.158
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.961
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 7.402
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.073
When I try to enable persistence 1.142
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.514
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 11.317
And all notifications have disappeared 9.291
# 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" 0.249
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.385
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.183
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.421
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.505
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 7.801
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.747
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.327
When I try to enable persistence 1.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.984
When I log in to a new session 10.178
And all notifications have disappeared 8.896
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.518
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000