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test_Tails_ISO_stable 6229 24 Mar 2026, 18:09

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 21:16.067 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.821
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.546
And I update APT using apt 6.130
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.311
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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26.165
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 8.623
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.896
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.320
And persistence is disabled 0.116
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.552
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 8.496
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.281
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.099
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.868
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.407
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.407
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.743
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.192
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product
26.966
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.491
And the system is very low on memory 3.002
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.209
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.303
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.120
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.400
And I free up some memory 1.034
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.338
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:27.163
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 8.017
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.304
And all tps features are active 1.026
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.149
When I disable the first tps feature 2.535
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.090
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.297
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.631
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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12.796
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 7.404
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I disable the first tps feature 2.507
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.041
When I enable the first tps feature 2.495
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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12.718
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 7.061
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
And I disable the first tps feature 2.589
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.887
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
46.787
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 7.299
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 15.742
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.222
When I write some files expected to persist 1.084
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.590
# 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" 11.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:6.181
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 7.121
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 39.748
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 25.081
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.491
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 41.981
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.406
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.059
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051
Tags: @product
39.414
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.646
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.075
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.892
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:46.775
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 8.786
When I enable persistence 13.904
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.148
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.439
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.387
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.267
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.551
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.964
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.231
When I cold reboot the computer 10.035
And the computer reboots Tails 35.721
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.265
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.168
Given I enable persistence 6.688
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.079
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.189
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.812
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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2:6.359
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 8.105
# 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 30.449
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.401
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.135
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.268
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product
36.364
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.472
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.990
Then persistence is disabled 0.118
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.486
And all notifications have disappeared 8.218
When I delete the persistent partition 2.765
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:14.280
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 7.370
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.057
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.388
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.237
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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39.549
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.359
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.156
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.613
And all notifications have disappeared 7.819
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.277
And all tps features are enabled 0.974
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
59.678
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 29.418
And I enable persistence 18.467
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.751
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.549
And persistence is enabled 1.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
21.763
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 7.056
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.225
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.481
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.030
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 7.392
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.562
When I enable persistence 5.518
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.756
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 7.390
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.583
When I try to enable persistence 1.292
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.830
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.374
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.136
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.061
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 7.727
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.203
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.189
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 10.038
And all notifications have disappeared 8.935
# 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" 0.236
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.111
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.168
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.228
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.879
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.406
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.428
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.310
When I try to enable persistence 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.529
When I log in to a new session 10.298
And all notifications have disappeared 7.320
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.445
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000