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test_Tails_ISO_issue-template-stop-tracking-oldstable 1 01 Oct 2026, 17:35

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 25:11.886 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:41.411
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:26.227
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.765
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.287
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.481
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 9.244
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.963
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.246
And persistence is disabled 0.123
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.831
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 9.322
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.395
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.160
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.578
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.036
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.030
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.895
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.371
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product
32.732
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 8.418
And the system is very low on memory 4.545
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.157
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.593
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.173
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.442
And I free up some memory 0.578
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.772
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:54.950
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 8.721
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.403
And all tps features are active 9.015
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.817
When I disable the first tps feature 2.488
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.039
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.602
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.513
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.348
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055
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13.483
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 8.137
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
When I disable the first tps feature 2.438
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.049
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.030
When I enable the first tps feature 2.496
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.856
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 8.220
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.049
And I disable the first tps feature 2.478
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.962
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.841
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 7.732
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 12.980
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.816
When I write some files expected to persist 1.000
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.508
# 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" 12.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.436
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.933
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 8.201
And the network is plugged 0.044
And Tor is ready 10.263
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.137
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.414
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.266
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 12.029
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.371
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.079
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.058
Tags: @product
41.316
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.827
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.136
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.705
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:57.009
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 9.032
When I enable persistence 22.993
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.105
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.771
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.437
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.376
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.682
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.578
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.139
When I cold reboot the computer 6.080
And the computer reboots Tails 34.420
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.226
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.170
Given I enable persistence 14.011
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.061
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.160
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.591
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.069
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2:10.244
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 8.621
# 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 30.278
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.956
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.276
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
39.405
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 8.354
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.674
Then persistence is disabled 0.089
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.709
And all notifications have disappeared 8.562
When I delete the persistent partition 2.663
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.350
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.800
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 22.242
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.102
And 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 1:8.629
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
58.270
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 8.351
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.190
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.084
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.400
And all notifications have disappeared 8.628
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.306
And all tps features are enabled 8.835
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.414
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
3:29.700
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 2:38.025
And I enable persistence 31.540
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.301
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.487
And persistence is enabled 11.344
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
34.502
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 7.688
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 26.221
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.065
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 8.707
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.106
When I enable persistence 16.222
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.092
And persistence is successfully enabled 10.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.186
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 7.982
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.484
When I try to enable persistence 1.260
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.571
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.163
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.110
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.356
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.269
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 8.315
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.775
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.304
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I log in to a new session 9.415
And all notifications have disappeared 8.314
# 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" 0.196
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.113
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.198
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.444
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.591
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 7.935
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.879
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.303
When I try to enable persistence 1.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.758
When I log in to a new session 7.672
And all notifications have disappeared 7.661
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.286
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000