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test_Tails_ISO_stable 6235 25 Mar 2026, 15:17

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 21:46.255 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.583
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 1:21.445
And I update APT using apt 6.860
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.335
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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29.010
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 9.208
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.007
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.306
And persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:40.719
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 8.529
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.309
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.103
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.334
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.447
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.844
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.880
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.178
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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28.644
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 7.479
And the system is very low on memory 3.854
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.137
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.889
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.084
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.485
And I free up some memory 0.864
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.774
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:32.476
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 8.692
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.321
And all tps features are active 1.360
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.140
When I disable the first tps feature 2.518
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.122
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.513
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.638
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042
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13.672
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 7.470
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.128
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.096
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.097
When I disable the first tps feature 3.134
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.095
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.049
When I enable the first tps feature 2.487
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.160
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 7.403
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.098
And I disable the first tps feature 2.531
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.010
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:3.033
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.025
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.908
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 16.828
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.341
When I write some files expected to persist 1.318
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.236
# 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" 12.382
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:30.263
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 7.620
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 19.452
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.162
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.006
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.147
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 23.280
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.365
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.079
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044
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37.202
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.537
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.077
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.001
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:45.719
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 8.703
When I enable persistence 12.729
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.891
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.027
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.493
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.365
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.543
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.681
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.209
When I cold reboot the computer 6.677
And the computer reboots Tails 36.553
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.289
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.221
Given I enable persistence 7.426
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.100
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.301
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.263
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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2:12.958
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 8.808
# 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 28.309
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.675
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.387
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
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38.449
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 8.022
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.942
Then persistence is disabled 0.092
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.894
And all notifications have disappeared 8.448
When I delete the persistent partition 2.723
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.324
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:21.729
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 8.095
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.065
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.556
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.734
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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41.312
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.027
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.810
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.637
And all notifications have disappeared 8.151
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.304
And all tps features are enabled 0.992
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:5.710
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 31.431
And I enable persistence 20.711
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.315
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.535
And persistence is enabled 1.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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23.260
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.345
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.255
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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24.293
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 7.791
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.170
When I enable persistence 6.574
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.093
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 7.779
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.727
When I try to enable persistence 1.306
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.487
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.373
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.141
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.344
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 7.580
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.261
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.261
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.190
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 12.113
And all notifications have disappeared 8.397
# 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" 0.150
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.083
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.215
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.233
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.343
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.616
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 7.483
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.390
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.377
When I try to enable persistence 1.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.520
When I log in to a new session 9.627
And all notifications have disappeared 9.615
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.670
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000