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test_Tails_ISO_stable 6223 23 Mar 2026, 14:50

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 21:32.280 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.506
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 1:20.185
And I update APT using apt 6.216
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.252
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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29.030
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 8.739
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.565
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.280
And persistence is disabled 0.098
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.346
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:37.449
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 8.686
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.297
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.798
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.397
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.524
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.370
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.232
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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29.254
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 7.702
And the system is very low on memory 3.724
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.319
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.625
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.099
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.411
And I free up some memory 0.949
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.352
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:33.501
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 enabled and logged in 8.394
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.338
And all tps features are active 1.367
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.291
When I disable the first tps feature 2.572
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.168
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.330
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.778
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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13.336
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.026
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.048
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I disable the first tps feature 2.462
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.060
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.049
When I enable the first tps feature 2.459
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
12.958
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 7.347
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
And I disable the first tps feature 2.580
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.844
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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49.312
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 7.538
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 16.125
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.257
When I write some files expected to persist 1.250
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.559
# 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" 12.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:23.198
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 enabled and logged in 7.847
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 16.318
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.138
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.389
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.867
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 23.009
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.369
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.059
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.055
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40.286
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.601
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.098
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.811
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:50.102
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 8.321
When I enable persistence 13.700
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.290
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.729
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.422
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.333
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.558
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.723
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.165
When I cold reboot the computer 10.373
And the computer reboots Tails 37.655
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.330
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.215
Given I enable persistence 8.234
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.072
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 9.498
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.076
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2:11.379
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.502
# 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 28.424
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.228
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.383
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.185
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
Tags: @product
37.858
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 8.159
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.573
Then persistence is disabled 0.118
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.670
And all notifications have disappeared 8.320
When I delete the persistent partition 2.677
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:21.856
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 enabled and logged in 7.816
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.076
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.595
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.116
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048
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42.942
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 8.246
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.046
When I try to enable persistence 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.973
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.731
And all notifications have disappeared 8.065
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.303
And all tps features are enabled 1.223
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:5.243
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 31.763
And I enable persistence 20.637
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.529
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.614
And persistence is enabled 1.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.849
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.293
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.953
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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24.751
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 8.155
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.209
When I enable persistence 6.646
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.260
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 7.575
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.357
When I try to enable persistence 1.306
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.231
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.433
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 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.471
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 8.017
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.710
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 12.430
And all notifications have disappeared 9.725
# 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" 0.307
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.394
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.163
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.379
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.731
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 7.811
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.188
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.405
When I try to enable persistence 1.183
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.704
When I log in to a new session 9.962
And all notifications have disappeared 9.732
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.875
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000