Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21153-zstd-iuks 3 24 Jul 2026, 11:41

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 21:46.559 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.276
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 1:20.250
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.928
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.276
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.933
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.469
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.679
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.369
And persistence is disabled 0.152
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.780
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 8.268
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.280
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.085
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.196
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.073
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.795
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.776
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.244
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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31.218
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 7.294
And the system is very low on memory 4.759
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.231
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.829
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.121
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.367
And I free up some memory 0.852
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.688
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.510
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 8.301
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.317
And all tps features are active 4.944
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.113
When I disable the first tps feature 2.506
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.842
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.910
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.356
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.204
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 7.697
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
When I disable the first tps feature 2.544
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.034
When I enable the first tps feature 2.576
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.160
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 7.467
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.092
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
And I disable the first tps feature 2.570
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.896
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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41.833
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 6.964
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 12.161
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.916
When I write some files expected to persist 1.118
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.637
# 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" 12.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.460
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.490
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.371
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 9.922
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.140
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.986
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.400
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 11.068
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.375
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.066
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053
Tags: @product
42.531
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.627
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.086
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.482
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:54.791
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 8.338
When I enable persistence 20.559
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.742
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.582
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.328
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.256
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.623
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.547
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.142
When I cold reboot the computer 6.466
And the computer reboots Tails 37.183
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.300
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.200
Given I enable persistence 11.667
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.067
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.213
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.430
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:11.224
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 8.177
# 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 29.277
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.765
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.171
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
39.289
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 7.482
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.790
Then persistence is disabled 0.107
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.440
And all notifications have disappeared 8.349
When I delete the persistent partition 2.747
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:20.647
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 7.297
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.749
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.328
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
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51.005
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 7.401
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.107
When I try to enable persistence 1.258
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.300
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.273
And all notifications have disappeared 8.003
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.286
And all tps features are enabled 4.877
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:13.305
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 31.485
And I enable persistence 24.848
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.913
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.500
And persistence is enabled 5.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.307
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.399
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.315
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
34.463
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.644
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.356
When I enable persistence 10.601
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.406
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 7.590
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.078
When I try to enable persistence 1.237
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.610
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.471
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.087
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.316
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.755
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 7.544
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.072
When I try to enable persistence 1.227
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.297
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 0.024
When I log in to a new session 11.399
And all notifications have disappeared 9.037
# 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" 0.189
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.512
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.192
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.343
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.421
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 7.646
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.918
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.355
When I try to enable persistence 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.155
When I log in to a new session 10.797
And all notifications have disappeared 8.958
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.584
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000