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test_Tails_ISO_stable 6552 02 Aug 2026, 11:43

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 22:23.104 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:40.949
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:27.528
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.535
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.249
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.274
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.291
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.022
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.179
And persistence is disabled 0.088
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:32.573
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.452
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.281
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.102
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.063
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.034
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.177
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.270
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.137
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
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28.366
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.840
And the system is very low on memory 4.587
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.142
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.038
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.089
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.418
And I free up some memory 0.450
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.755
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:46.009
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.170
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.318
And all tps features are active 7.689
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.681
When I disable the first tps feature 2.447
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.064
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.504
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.580
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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12.985
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.738
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.086
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I disable the first tps feature 2.457
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.046
When I enable the first tps feature 2.387
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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12.967
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.611
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.069
And I disable the first tps feature 2.454
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.741
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.020
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.754
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 9.059
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.641
When I write some files expected to persist 1.123
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.220
# 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? (tails/tails#10330)
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 11.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:34.155
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.722
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 8.985
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.106
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.433
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.895
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 10.453
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.350
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.063
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053
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38.545
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.353
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.080
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.126
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:47.682
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.218
When I enable persistence 21.507
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.655
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.995
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.213
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.326
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.462
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.771
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.113
When I cold reboot the computer 7.050
And the computer reboots Tails 32.258
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.347
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.218
Given I enable persistence 12.371
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.311
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.678
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.489
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
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2:3.567
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.110
# 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 27.414
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.221
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.687
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product
38.793
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.234
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.986
Then persistence is disabled 0.094
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.795
And all notifications have disappeared 8.799
When I delete the persistent partition 2.653
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:14.569
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.796
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.055
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.150
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.381
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.185
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
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53.194
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.995
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.067
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.145
And all notifications have disappeared 7.628
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.214
And all tps features are enabled 7.657
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:37.147
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 1:56.922
And I enable persistence 25.280
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.087
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.615
And persistence is enabled 7.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.408
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.383
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.496
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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38.689
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.334
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.704
When I enable persistence 12.433
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.453
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.932
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.427
When I try to enable persistence 1.256
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.487
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.131
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.117
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.095
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.898
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.676
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.071
When I try to enable persistence 1.140
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.773
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.136
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 7.853
And all notifications have disappeared 6.819
# 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" 0.169
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.094
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.194
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.080
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.853
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.891
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.921
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.287
When I try to enable persistence 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.362
When I log in to a new session 6.715
And all notifications have disappeared 6.572
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.031
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000