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test_Tails_ISO_stable 6228 24 Mar 2026, 12:33

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 26:15.889 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:44.747
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 1:29.997
And I update APT using apt 7.355
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.383
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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43.889
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 9.788
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.188
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.301
And persistence is disabled 0.103
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 11.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:3.049
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 9.916
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.706
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.275
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 31.447
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.460
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.161
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.838
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.184
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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37.411
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.098
And the system is very low on memory 8.969
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.321
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.709
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.177
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.411
And I free up some memory 0.878
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.364
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:44.249
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 8.661
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.474
And all tps features are active 1.500
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.425
When I disable the first tps feature 3.333
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.348
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.764
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.541
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
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13.622
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.027
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.117
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.081
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I disable the first tps feature 2.593
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.054
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.047
When I enable the first tps feature 2.525
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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14.138
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 7.588
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.090
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
And I disable the first tps feature 3.267
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.091
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:5.527
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 8.219
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 22.290
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.225
When I write some files expected to persist 1.390
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.940
# 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" 13.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:35.820
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
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 18.416
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.150
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 21.085
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:23.842
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 23.744
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.385
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.078
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.064
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1:1.354
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 9.305
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.110
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 29.856
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 21.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.412
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:14.791
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 9.363
When I enable persistence 28.146
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.429
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.116
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.491
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.322
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.608
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.826
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.200
When I cold reboot the computer 11.217
And the computer reboots Tails 40.303
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.276
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.292
Given I enable persistence 8.254
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.077
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.284
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.269
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.310
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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2:36.120
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 8.899
# 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 35.925
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.247
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:19.096
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
55.350
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 8.877
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.924
Then persistence is disabled 0.131
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 13.328
And all notifications have disappeared 8.705
When I delete the persistent partition 2.929
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.452
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:29.868
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 7.915
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.089
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.702
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.912
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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56.327
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 8.339
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.098
When I try to enable persistence 1.171
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 23.199
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.926
And all notifications have disappeared 8.363
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.470
And all tps features are enabled 1.496
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:30.539
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 49.256
And I enable persistence 27.022
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.810
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.658
And persistence is enabled 1.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.595
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 with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.581
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.457
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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35.312
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 8.440
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 17.778
When I enable persistence 6.679
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.828
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 7.994
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 18.800
When I try to enable persistence 1.321
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.680
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.509
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.092
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.171
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
56.116
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 8.359
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.147
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 20.450
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.235
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I log in to a new session 11.782
And all notifications have disappeared 9.200
# 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" 0.162
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.108
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.284
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.305
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
58.227
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 7.498
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 20.030
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.303
When I try to enable persistence 1.229
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.422
When I log in to a new session 12.871
And all notifications have disappeared 10.318
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.696
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000