Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21153-zstd-iuks 5 26 Jul 2026, 11:34

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 21:53.146 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.669
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.339
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.230
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.247
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.824
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 8.556
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.731
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.257
And persistence is disabled 0.099
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.502
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 8.462
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.328
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.099
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.691
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.484
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.091
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.242
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
30.751
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.914
And the system is very low on memory 4.687
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.295
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.971
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.109
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.441
And I free up some memory 0.828
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.449
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.803
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 8.478
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.325
And all tps features are active 5.110
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.045
When I disable the first tps feature 2.578
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.558
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.821
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.750
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062
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13.215
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 7.789
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.084
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I disable the first tps feature 2.542
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.070
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.418
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.228
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 7.527
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.091
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
And I disable the first tps feature 2.564
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.934
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.606
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 7.428
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 10.559
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.229
When I write some files expected to persist 1.285
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.605
# 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" 12.476
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:45.999
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 7.702
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 10.957
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.132
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.230
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.509
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 12.663
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.483
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.089
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.070
Tags: @product
44.022
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.939
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.103
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.249
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:52.293
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 8.459
When I enable persistence 19.557
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.651
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.276
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.373
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.231
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.526
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.826
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.155
When I cold reboot the computer 6.202
And the computer reboots Tails 36.739
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.265
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.178
Given I enable persistence 10.589
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.078
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.215
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.848
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:9.617
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 7.487
# 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 28.538
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.353
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.356
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
Tags: @product
39.035
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 7.319
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.769
Then persistence is disabled 0.106
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.208
And all notifications have disappeared 8.545
When I delete the persistent partition 2.727
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:20.895
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 7.493
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.068
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.468
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.647
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product
52.113
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 7.394
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.074
When I try to enable persistence 1.150
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.549
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.332
And all notifications have disappeared 8.184
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.294
And all tps features are enabled 5.395
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:15.449
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
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 34.071
And I enable persistence 25.162
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.747
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.657
And persistence is enabled 5.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.631
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
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 7.334
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.661
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
36.483
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.155
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.180
When I enable persistence 11.074
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.110
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.091
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 7.480
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.604
When I try to enable persistence 1.345
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.289
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.167
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.402
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.164
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.874
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 7.662
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.931
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.171
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I log in to a new session 9.866
And all notifications have disappeared 9.855
# 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" 0.255
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.573
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.207
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.334
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.036
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 7.615
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.548
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.386
When I try to enable persistence 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.933
When I log in to a new session 10.833
And all notifications have disappeared 9.048
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.743
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000