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test_Tails_ISO_stable 6243 28 Mar 2026, 11:31

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 26:41.730 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:41.451
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 1:26.533
And I update APT using apt 7.333
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.257
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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45.173
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 8.861
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.265
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.237
And persistence is disabled 0.096
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 15.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:12.489
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 10.545
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.434
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.144
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 40.614
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.522
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.947
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.007
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.219
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
42.817
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 7.965
And the system is very low on memory 15.189
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.787
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.064
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.112
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.484
And I free up some memory 0.819
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.944
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.448
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.455
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.390
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 8.659
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.541
And all tps features are active 1.231
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.215
When I disable the first tps feature 3.183
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.398
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.324
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.646
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
14.424
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 8.344
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.081
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.078
When I disable the first tps feature 3.088
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.074
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.046
When I enable the first tps feature 2.507
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.760
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 7.475
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.086
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.069
And I disable the first tps feature 3.013
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.067
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:31.828
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 enabled and logged in 7.626
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 44.276
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.187
When I write some files expected to persist 1.187
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 25.697
# 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" 12.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:28.049
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.047
And the network is plugged 0.043
And Tor is ready 20.319
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.117
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.755
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.994
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 23.132
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.409
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.079
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036
Tags: @product
58.955
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 9.031
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 24.752
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 24.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:20.240
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 9.061
When I enable persistence 40.440
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.663
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.003
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.408
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" 4.584
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.324
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.136
When I cold reboot the computer 10.367
And the computer reboots Tails 38.753
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.325
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.270
Given I enable persistence 7.109
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.107
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.217
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.056
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:29.754
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 8.424
# 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 37.619
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.300
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.759
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
56.189
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 8.760
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.545
Then persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 12.930
And all notifications have disappeared 8.784
When I delete the persistent partition 2.730
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.093
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 7.445
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.052
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.877
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.395
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
50.550
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 8.425
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.890
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.303
And all notifications have disappeared 8.299
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.281
And all tps features are enabled 0.991
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:45.630
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 1:3.155
And I enable persistence 29.894
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.016
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.793
And persistence is enabled 1.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.277
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 7.175
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.525
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.080
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 8.112
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 16.696
When I enable persistence 7.192
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.980
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 7.759
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 14.688
When I try to enable persistence 1.257
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.382
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.352
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.195
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
54.966
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 8.255
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.084
When I try to enable persistence 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 16.950
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 0.027
When I log in to a new session 12.660
And all notifications have disappeared 10.353
# 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" 0.220
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.591
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.213
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.490
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
52.625
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 8.053
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 16.484
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.318
When I try to enable persistence 1.237
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.217
When I log in to a new session 11.148
And all notifications have disappeared 8.877
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.364
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.489
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000