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test_Tails_ISO_update-onioncircuits-l10n-branch 1 15 Sep 2026, 15:05

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 25:9.834 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.959
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 1:22.923
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.986
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.280
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.441
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 8.729
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.743
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.217
And persistence is disabled 0.064
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.966
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.143
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.268
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.097
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.958
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.079
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.367
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.830
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.169
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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30.765
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 8.520
And the system is very low on memory 3.996
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.312
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.309
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.140
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.447
And I free up some memory 0.465
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.501
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:53.267
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.340
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.334
And all tps features are active 9.343
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.031
When I disable the first tps feature 2.449
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.170
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.089
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.925
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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13.782
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 8.483
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I disable the first tps feature 2.509
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.049
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.031
When I enable the first tps feature 2.434
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.740
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 8.195
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.088
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.047
And I disable the first tps feature 2.539
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.836
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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42.264
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.817
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 8.860
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.147
When I write some files expected to persist 1.193
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.477
# 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" 11.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:57.430
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 21.187
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 10.905
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.144
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.393
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.257
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 10.898
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.397
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.058
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.076
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41.749
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 9.055
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.099
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.904
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:55.522
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 9.081
When I enable persistence 22.988
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.030
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.827
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.284
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.206
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.522
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.694
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.121
When I cold reboot the computer 5.894
And the computer reboots Tails 35.092
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.306
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.250
Given I enable persistence 13.394
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.086
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.175
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.430
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
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2:12.226
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.639
# 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 31.168
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.390
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.933
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
40.613
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 8.775
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.826
Then persistence is disabled 0.098
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.659
And all notifications have disappeared 8.252
When I delete the persistent partition 2.691
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:22.284
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.117
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.041
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.285
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.602
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
58.635
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 8.675
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.090
When I try to enable persistence 1.243
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.336
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.505
And all notifications have disappeared 8.106
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.254
And all tps features are enabled 7.977
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.445
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:36.919
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 2:45.034
And I enable persistence 32.238
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.015
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.730
And persistence is enabled 10.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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47.151
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 20.972
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 25.652
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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44.000
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 8.907
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.627
When I enable persistence 16.393
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.917
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 9.028
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.379
When I try to enable persistence 1.321
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.928
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.095
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.199
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.187
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.923
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.055
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.087
When I try to enable persistence 1.375
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.171
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.085
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 9.247
And all notifications have disappeared 8.729
# 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" 0.120
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.067
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.147
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.056
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.272
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 8.283
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.665
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.224
When I try to enable persistence 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.466
When I log in to a new session 9.598
And all notifications have disappeared 7.651
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.275
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000