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test_Tails_ISO_stable 6687 22 Sep 2026, 11:37

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 23:24.905 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.423
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 1:20.046
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.449
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.224
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.824
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 8.908
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.954
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.226
And persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.208
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 8.733
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.361
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.118
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.129
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.066
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.529
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.999
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.196
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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28.792
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 8.376
And the system is very low on memory 4.230
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.269
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.581
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.111
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.381
And I free up some memory 0.481
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.320
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:52.015
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 8.624
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.319
And all tps features are active 8.995
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.604
When I disable the first tps feature 2.431
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.753
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.876
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.151
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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13.590
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 8.127
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I disable the first tps feature 2.497
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.062
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.051
When I enable the first tps feature 2.544
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.506
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 7.944
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
And I disable the first tps feature 2.489
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.885
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.661
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 7.686
And the network is plugged 0.050
And Tor is ready 10.516
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.238
When I write some files expected to persist 1.099
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.312
# 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" 11.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.425
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 8.149
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 9.947
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.106
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.250
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.150
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 11.140
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.417
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.081
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.057
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39.024
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 8.646
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.085
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.148
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:54.616
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 8.699
When I enable persistence 22.834
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.893
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.675
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.433
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.381
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.584
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.176
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.138
When I cold reboot the computer 5.961
And the computer reboots Tails 34.668
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.255
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.250
Given I enable persistence 14.284
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.172
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.002
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:12.228
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 8.688
# 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 30.891
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.472
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.129
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
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37.726
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 8.172
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.988
Then persistence is disabled 0.072
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.466
And all notifications have disappeared 8.048
When I delete the persistent partition 2.706
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:22.132
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 8.327
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.067
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.754
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.793
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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56.356
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 8.010
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.272
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.066
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.838
And all notifications have disappeared 8.571
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.298
And all tps features are enabled 8.315
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:44.566
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 1:57.930
And I enable persistence 29.546
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.389
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.623
And persistence is enabled 8.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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32.453
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 7.645
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.255
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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41.218
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 8.810
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.742
When I enable persistence 13.933
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.203
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 8.412
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.733
When I try to enable persistence 1.203
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.482
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.270
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.224
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.086
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.238
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.433
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 8.447
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.075
When I try to enable persistence 1.212
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.718
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.030
When I log in to a new session 8.756
And all notifications have disappeared 7.495
# 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 0.105
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.212
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.163
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.495
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 8.119
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.865
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.298
When I try to enable persistence 1.276
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.319
When I log in to a new session 8.111
And all notifications have disappeared 7.712
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.868
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000