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test_Tails_ISO_stable 6208 16 Mar 2026, 15:33

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 24:17.917 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.438
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:23.338
And I update APT using apt 6.705
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.251
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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47.155
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.630
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.680
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.378
And persistence is disabled 0.145
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 20.320
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:51.904
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.096
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.447
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.089
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 27.352
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.584
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.119
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.947
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.225
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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38.141
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.198
And the system is very low on memory 9.967
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.345
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.390
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.096
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.487
And I free up some memory 0.949
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.037
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:43.514
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.963
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.453
And all tps features are active 1.412
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.290
When I disable the first tps feature 2.737
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.535
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.359
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.521
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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13.613
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.184
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.089
When I disable the first tps feature 2.548
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.034
When I enable the first tps feature 2.457
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.851
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.026
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.121
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
And I disable the first tps feature 2.663
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.876
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:9.026
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.064
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 20.060
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.292
When I write some files expected to persist 1.377
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 26.074
# 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?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 13.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:29.735
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.037
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 18.814
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.132
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.480
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.485
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 23.090
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.458
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.065
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050
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44.381
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.399
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.124
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.816
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 21.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.334
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:7.922
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 9.725
When I enable persistence 18.585
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.455
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.905
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.443
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.374
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 6.085
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 29.751
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.161
When I cold reboot the computer 10.832
And the computer reboots Tails 39.223
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.363
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.306
Given I enable persistence 7.658
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.090
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.275
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.522
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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2:26.447
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.451
# 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 37.316
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.093
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.917
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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42.353
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.420
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.534
Then persistence is disabled 0.115
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.418
And all notifications have disappeared 8.641
When I delete the persistent partition 2.793
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.428
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:28.121
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.111
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.767
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.943
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038
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47.185
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.564
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.481
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.922
And all notifications have disappeared 8.255
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.257
And all tps features are enabled 1.092
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.398
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:11.274
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 33.945
And I enable persistence 22.787
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.000
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.615
And persistence is enabled 1.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.371
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.678
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.679
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.469
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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31.525
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.731
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 12.814
When I enable persistence 8.036
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.080
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
29.281
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.829
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.603
When I try to enable persistence 1.299
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.615
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.228
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.343
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.067
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.174
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.334
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
54.278
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.648
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 16.535
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.036
When I log in to a new session 12.256
And all notifications have disappeared 9.747
# 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" 0.251
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.838
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.193
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.538
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.086
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.890
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.300
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.359
When I try to enable persistence 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.029
When I log in to a new session 12.229
And all notifications have disappeared 8.685
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.614
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000