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test_Tails_ISO_stable 6226 24 Mar 2026, 11:25

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 25:21.857 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:40.202
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:25.748
And I update APT using apt 7.117
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.327
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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45.924
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 9.562
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.589
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.345
And persistence is disabled 0.109
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 12.316
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.299
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:58.411
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 9.043
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.473
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.121
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 28.547
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.635
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.218
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.106
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.198
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
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43.274
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.138
And the system is very low on memory 15.549
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.856
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.631
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.097
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.509
And I free up some memory 0.892
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.539
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.346
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 9.454
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.365
And all tps features are active 1.445
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.013
When I disable the first tps feature 2.600
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.365
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.436
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.278
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.387
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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14.009
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 8.381
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.102
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.068
When I disable the first tps feature 2.617
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.055
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.044
When I enable the first tps feature 2.472
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.520
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 7.774
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I disable the first tps feature 2.659
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.895
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:6.194
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 7.447
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 23.532
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.354
When I write some files expected to persist 1.429
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.637
# 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" 13.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:37.872
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 8.698
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 20.087
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 24.922
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:19.915
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 23.452
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.382
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.067
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047
Tags: @product
53.698
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.286
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.127
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 19.743
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 23.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.475
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:10.834
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 8.916
When I enable persistence 27.495
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.639
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.872
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.515
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.307
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 5.476
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 28.457
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.147
When I cold reboot the computer 9.322
And the computer reboots Tails 38.042
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.345
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.303
Given I enable persistence 7.573
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.083
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.213
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.916
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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2:28.641
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.777
# 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 36.681
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.876
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:10.512
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
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48.349
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 7.905
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.475
Then persistence is disabled 0.126
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.980
And all notifications have disappeared 8.610
When I delete the persistent partition 2.715
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:31.580
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 7.863
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.085
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.515
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.874
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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49.852
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 8.323
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.086
When I try to enable persistence 1.199
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.544
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.411
And all notifications have disappeared 8.425
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.817
And all tps features are enabled 1.632
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.410
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:21.680
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.018
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 37.674
And I enable persistence 29.216
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.234
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.679
And persistence is enabled 1.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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24.331
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.432
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.298
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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36.778
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 8.430
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 17.606
When I enable persistence 8.577
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
28.628
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.661
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.126
When I try to enable persistence 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.508
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.187
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.574
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.197
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
50.939
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 8.329
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.460
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.034
When I log in to a new session 12.441
And all notifications have disappeared 9.751
# 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" 0.217
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.556
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.245
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.438
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
55.786
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 7.843
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 16.615
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.337
When I try to enable persistence 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.541
When I log in to a new session 12.655
And all notifications have disappeared 9.156
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.579
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000