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test_Tails_ISO_issue-template-stop-tracking-oldstable 3 02 Oct 2026, 05:56

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 22:35.550 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:56.493
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 1:16.736
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.470
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.548
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.415
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 8.311
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.321
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.190
And persistence is disabled 0.082
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:31.389
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 8.625
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.249
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.069
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.885
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.235
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.095
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.147
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026
Tags: @product
29.555
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.000
And the system is very low on memory 5.294
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.210
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.329
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.101
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.356
And I free up some memory 0.419
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.801
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.622
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 8.357
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.274
And all tps features are active 7.561
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.507
When I disable the first tps feature 2.549
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.295
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.691
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.432
Then all tps features but the first one are active 6.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032
Tags: @product
13.270
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 enabled and logged in 7.971
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.143
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.037
When I disable the first tps feature 2.423
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.020
When I enable the first tps feature 2.452
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.052
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 7.540
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.136
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.082
And I disable the first tps feature 2.510
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.745
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.203
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 7.663
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 10.783
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.373
When I write some files expected to persist 0.983
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.256
# 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" 11.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.226
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 7.825
And the network is plugged 0.052
And Tor is ready 10.799
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.123
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.200
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.305
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 11.339
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.379
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.067
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.081
Tags: @product
37.610
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 8.454
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.077
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.414
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:48.769
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 8.281
When I enable persistence 21.443
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.650
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.764
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.295
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.278
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.441
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.293
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.107
When I cold reboot the computer 7.040
And the computer reboots Tails 33.054
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.319
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.227
Given I enable persistence 12.073
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.057
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.279
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.048
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:2.835
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 8.214
# 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 26.588
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.212
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.706
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
36.512
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 8.389
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.405
Then persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.619
And all notifications have disappeared 8.048
When I delete the persistent partition 2.743
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:14.357
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 8.256
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.220
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.617
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045
Tags: @product
52.770
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 8.294
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.044
When I try to enable persistence 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.667
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.673
And all notifications have disappeared 8.308
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.245
And all tps features are enabled 7.574
And all tps features but the first one are active 6.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:37.544
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 1:56.655
And I enable persistence 25.340
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.663
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.485
And persistence is enabled 7.399
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.133
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 7.438
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.244
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.449
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
38.129
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 8.552
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.813
When I enable persistence 12.055
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.627
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 8.579
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.284
When I try to enable persistence 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.688
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.223
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.280
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.076
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.181
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 7.689
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.139
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.229
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.229
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.031
When I log in to a new session 8.073
And all notifications have disappeared 7.586
# 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" 0.184
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.083
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.132
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.017
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.848
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 8.380
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.032
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.219
When I try to enable persistence 1.150
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.211
When I log in to a new session 7.791
And all notifications have disappeared 7.022
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.108
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000