Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_19074-user-js-symlink 2 12 Aug 2026, 15:03

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 22:22.197 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.911
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 1:27.601
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.166
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.217
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.108
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 8.461
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.291
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.187
And persistence is disabled 0.078
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.968
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 8.331
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.261
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.103
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.495
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.189
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.359
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.138
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
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41.415
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 21.034
And the system is very low on memory 4.690
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.208
When I try to create a persistent partition 3.984
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.072
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.309
And I free up some memory 0.464
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.597
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.501
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 8.275
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.264
And all tps features are active 7.341
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.525
When I disable the first tps feature 2.426
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.338
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.617
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.321
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.389
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053
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12.814
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 7.627
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I disable the first tps feature 2.430
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.027
When I enable the first tps feature 2.390
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.119
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 7.600
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.046
And I disable the first tps feature 2.521
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.845
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.009
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 7.497
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 10.217
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.219
When I write some files expected to persist 0.934
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.227
# 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" 10.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:31.701
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 7.420
And the network is plugged 0.046
And Tor is ready 8.367
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.135
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.182
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.495
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 10.526
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.347
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.061
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.064
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37.489
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 8.221
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.111
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 10.956
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.409
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 8.287
When I enable persistence 21.970
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.027
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.904
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.224
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.133
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.468
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.434
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.112
When I cold reboot the computer 5.678
And the computer reboots Tails 32.148
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.317
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.232
Given I enable persistence 12.248
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.060
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.251
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.797
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
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2:7.096
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 7.997
# 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 30.072
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.310
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.329
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.385
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product
36.959
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 7.960
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.938
Then persistence is disabled 0.068
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.649
And all notifications have disappeared 8.527
When I delete the persistent partition 2.605
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:13.457
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 7.722
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.037
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.255
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.249
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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53.591
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 7.618
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.044
When I try to enable persistence 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.759
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.410
And all notifications have disappeared 8.025
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.259
And all tps features are enabled 7.401
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:36.206
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 1:56.910
And I enable persistence 24.566
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.798
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.462
And persistence is enabled 7.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.089
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 7.475
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.159
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.454
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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37.099
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 7.966
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.342
When I enable persistence 11.908
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.847
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 8.168
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.094
When I try to enable persistence 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.761
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.141
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.140
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.224
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.316
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 8.148
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.046
When I try to enable persistence 1.222
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.423
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.116
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.035
When I log in to a new session 7.857
And all notifications have disappeared 7.402
# 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" 0.102
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.073
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.130
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.028
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.081
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 8.176
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.089
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.259
When I try to enable persistence 1.267
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 1.994
When I log in to a new session 7.225
And all notifications have disappeared 7.980
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.135
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000