Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_20036-check-po-msgfmt-ignore-irrelevant-directories 3 26 Jul 2026, 19:18

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 23:20.021 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:39.940
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:23.426
And I update the APT lists using apt 8.779
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.342
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.392
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.949
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 8.345
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.478
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.266
And persistence is disabled 0.124
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:45.504
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 logged in 8.795
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.310
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.088
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.336
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.594
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.065
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.199
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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32.775
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 logged in 7.304
And the system is very low on memory 5.159
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.178
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.466
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.148
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.491
And I free up some memory 0.826
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.112
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:52.510
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 8.663
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.302
And all tps features are active 5.626
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.558
When I disable the first tps feature 3.125
Then all tps features but the first one are active 6.036
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.812
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.102
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
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13.970
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 7.987
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
When I disable the first tps feature 3.071
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.067
When I enable the first tps feature 2.472
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.042
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.802
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 7.351
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.115
And I disable the first tps feature 3.277
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.947
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.457
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 7.478
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 13.137
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.679
When I write some files expected to persist 1.157
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.300
# 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" 12.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.369
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:53.029
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 7.855
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 10.972
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.131
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.801
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.811
And I capture all network traffic 0.009
And the network is plugged 0.046
And Tor is ready 11.738
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.411
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.055
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044
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43.717
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 8.393
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.062
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.029
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:3.384
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 8.748
When I enable persistence 22.428
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.993
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.759
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.364
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.306
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.541
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.089
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.166
When I cold reboot the computer 6.454
And the computer reboots Tails 39.237
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.286
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.201
Given I enable persistence 13.281
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.108
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.291
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.885
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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2:29.580
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 8.438
# 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 32.719
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.360
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:20.388
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
Tags: @product
42.934
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 7.857
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.988
Then persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.998
And all notifications have disappeared 8.830
When I delete the persistent partition 2.753
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.414
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:27.018
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 7.579
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.101
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.622
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.490
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
57.177
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 8.129
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.651
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.151
And all notifications have disappeared 8.364
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.563
And all tps features are enabled 5.983
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.035
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 33.775
And I enable persistence 26.712
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.437
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.624
And persistence is enabled 5.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.246
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 7.076
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.545
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
36.145
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 8.296
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.649
When I enable persistence 10.616
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.832
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 7.918
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.217
When I try to enable persistence 1.252
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.543
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.194
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.404
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.165
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.739
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 7.843
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.094
When I try to enable persistence 1.237
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.619
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 0.033
When I log in to a new session 11.421
And all notifications have disappeared 9.225
# 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" 0.161
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.152
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.249
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.592
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.268
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 8.042
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.196
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.386
When I try to enable persistence 1.226
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.334
When I log in to a new session 10.789
And all notifications have disappeared 9.610
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.865
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 2.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000