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test_Tails_ISO_update-onioncircuits-l10n-branch 3 15 Sep 2026, 16:05

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 23:57.222 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.778
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 1:20.100
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.776
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.216
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.982
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 8.918
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.629
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.214
And persistence is disabled 0.082
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:47.540
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 22.445
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.245
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.098
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.758
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.990
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.744
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.157
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
Tags: @product
28.861
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 8.163
And the system is very low on memory 4.346
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.141
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.504
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.079
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.381
And I free up some memory 0.483
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.719
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:54.107
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 8.631
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.323
And all tps features are active 8.356
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.920
When I disable the first tps feature 2.577
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.851
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.723
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.474
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
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13.293
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 8.261
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.084
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I disable the first tps feature 2.490
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.034
When I enable the first tps feature 2.132
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.330
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 7.578
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.088
And I disable the first tps feature 2.597
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.931
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
56.194
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 21.374
And the network is plugged 0.055
And Tor is ready 8.997
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.429
When I write some files expected to persist 0.983
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.298
# 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" 12.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:45.251
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 7.936
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 10.475
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.119
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.443
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.513
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 11.089
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.433
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.072
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049
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40.020
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 8.712
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.093
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.054
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:52.614
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 8.617
When I enable persistence 23.531
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.672
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.883
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.208
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.137
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.498
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.791
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.152
When I cold reboot the computer 5.867
And the computer reboots Tails 32.868
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.355
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.257
Given I enable persistence 13.647
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.061
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.150
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.766
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product
2:6.652
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 8.451
# 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 28.843
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.249
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.330
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
37.834
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 8.071
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.913
Then persistence is disabled 0.079
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.031
And all notifications have disappeared 7.783
When I delete the persistent partition 2.687
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:16.835
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 7.948
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.062
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.406
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.258
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product
56.214
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 7.685
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.525
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.065
And all notifications have disappeared 8.671
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.251
And all tps features are enabled 7.569
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:52.396
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 2:10.645
And I enable persistence 26.166
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.310
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.534
And persistence is enabled 7.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.529
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 7.612
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.460
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.456
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
38.838
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 8.306
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.460
When I enable persistence 13.051
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.041
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.929
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 7.890
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.036
When I try to enable persistence 1.308
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.599
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.289
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.237
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.672
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 8.048
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.070
When I try to enable persistence 1.234
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.646
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 8.396
And all notifications have disappeared 8.412
# 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" 0.298
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.085
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.170
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.213
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
54.342
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 21.470
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.735
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.275
When I try to enable persistence 1.226
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.837
When I log in to a new session 8.315
And all notifications have disappeared 7.411
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.172
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000