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test_Tails_ISO_21322-change-domain-deb.tails.boum.org 3 19 May 2026, 14:24

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 21:54.022 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:41.889
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.009
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:26.763
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.827
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.279
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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30.629
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.653
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.963
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.294
And persistence is disabled 0.135
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:46.089
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.324
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.327
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.101
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.052
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.081
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.910
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.034
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.217
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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30.691
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.512
And the system is very low on memory 3.773
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.198
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.047
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.114
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.447
And I free up some memory 0.923
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.605
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:36.459
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.834
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.367
And all tps features are active 1.366
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.000
When I disable the first tps feature 2.602
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.401
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.116
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.503
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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13.517
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.978
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.096
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I disable the first tps feature 2.629
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.068
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.041
When I enable the first tps feature 2.453
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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13.559
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.169
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.218
And I disable the first tps feature 3.154
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.898
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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45.433
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.542
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 13.798
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.231
When I write some files expected to persist 1.273
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.563
# 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" 13.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.382
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:44.129
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.337
And the network is plugged 0.267
And Tor is ready 10.632
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.120
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.121
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.834
And I capture all network traffic 0.008
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 11.227
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.389
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.076
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.035
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40.285
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.125
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.081
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.669
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.409
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:53.195
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 9.514
When I enable persistence 14.407
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.045
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.672
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.346
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.318
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.542
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.663
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.138
When I cold reboot the computer 9.011
And the computer reboots Tails 37.628
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.258
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.181
Given I enable persistence 7.811
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.093
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.270
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.130
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.037
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2:34.046
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.512
# 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 36.321
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.890
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:17.517
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.310
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
40.457
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.035
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.014
Then persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.650
And all notifications have disappeared 8.496
When I delete the persistent partition 2.817
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.339
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:24.959
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.364
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.067
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.827
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.386
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
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43.020
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.778
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.171
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.582
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.609
And all notifications have disappeared 7.947
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.377
And all tps features are enabled 1.196
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:7.324
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006
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 31.391
And I enable persistence 21.565
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.796
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.676
And persistence is enabled 1.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.348
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
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 7.474
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.302
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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25.800
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.315
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.893
When I enable persistence 6.749
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.066
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
25.928
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.060
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.637
When I try to enable persistence 1.335
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.634
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.588
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.177
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.743
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.500
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.070
When I try to enable persistence 1.150
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.819
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.309
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 11.033
And all notifications have disappeared 11.489
# 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" 0.219
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.611
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.314
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.405
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.509
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.648
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.984
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.353
When I try to enable persistence 1.210
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.083
When I log in to a new session 12.492
And all notifications have disappeared 8.546
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.242
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000