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test_Tails_ISO_stable 5973 27 Nov 2025, 15:47

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 157 0 0 0 0 157 21 0 21 36:19.104 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:21.498
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:3.154
And I update APT using apt 7.875
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 9.398
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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41.564
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.695
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.236
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.414
And persistence is disabled 0.165
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:41.305
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 16.073
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.493
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.127
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 25.271
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.675
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.779
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:45.245
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.569
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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41.740
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 12.333
And the system is very low on memory 5.297
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.280
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.703
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.194
When I close the Persistent Storage app 3.319
And I free up some memory 1.200
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.746
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:31.521
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 14.559
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.410
And all tps features are active 2.773
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.625
When I disable the first tps feature 3.657
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.222
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.365
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:48.883
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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18.550
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.825
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.165
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.140
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.079
When I disable the first tps feature 3.384
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.097
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.071
When I enable the first tps feature 2.628
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
17.637
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.613
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.093
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
And I disable the first tps feature 3.331
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.484
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
54.337
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.136
And the network is plugged 0.063
And Tor is ready 13.652
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.655
When I write some files expected to persist 1.382
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.697
# 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?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 19.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:33.485
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.450
And the network is plugged 0.094
And Tor is ready 12.654
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.178
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.428
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:45.316
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.055
And Tor is ready 12.578
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.437
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.094
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.071
Tags: @product
54.851
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.011
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.098
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 18.117
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 21.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:53.275
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.094
When I enable persistence 23.316
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.537
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.462
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 30.425
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.158
When I cold reboot the computer 12.234
And the computer reboots Tails 1:8.483
Given I enable persistence 14.660
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.618
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.061
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.221
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
3:37.121
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.552
# 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 46.434
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.537
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:4.417
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product
52.930
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 11.365
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.084
Then persistence is disabled 0.126
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.225
And all notifications have disappeared 10.572
When I delete the persistent partition 3.453
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 1.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:12.562
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.737
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.071
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.632
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:49.846
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
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1:3.687
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 13.007
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.390
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 19.509
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.851
And all notifications have disappeared 10.057
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.344
And all tps features are enabled 2.452
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:43.535
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
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 5:47.159
And I enable persistence 40.870
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.153
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.771
And persistence is enabled 2.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
33.366
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 10.483
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.129
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.414
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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45.418
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 13.849
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 15.458
When I enable persistence 12.964
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.073
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
41.028
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 15.959
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.643
When I try to enable persistence 1.410
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.608
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.322
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.385
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.283
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:3.313
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.673
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.086
When I try to enable persistence 1.490
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 14.898
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.221
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.149
When I log in to a new session 14.571
And all notifications have disappeared 11.662
# 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" 0.251
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.652
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.350
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.169
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
56.369
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 11.011
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.752
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.325
When I try to enable persistence 1.361
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.566
When I log in to a new session 13.374
And all notifications have disappeared 9.609
Then the Tor Browser starts 3.041
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000