Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21195-dont-include-unused-firmware 5 27 Jul 2026, 15:27

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 22:53.336 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.456
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 1:21.925
And I update the APT lists using apt 8.273
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.305
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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32.201
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 8.333
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.566
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.293
And persistence is disabled 0.105
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.245
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 8.813
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.258
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.110
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.710
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.555
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.397
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.292
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
30.978
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 7.414
And the system is very low on memory 4.727
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.388
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.411
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.117
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.420
And I free up some memory 0.887
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.553
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:47.723
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 enabled and logged in 8.470
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.328
And all tps features are active 4.853
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.935
When I disable the first tps feature 2.666
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.651
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.954
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.157
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031
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14.298
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 8.036
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.119
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.070
When I disable the first tps feature 3.102
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.083
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.067
When I enable the first tps feature 2.622
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.265
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 7.437
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.086
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
And I disable the first tps feature 2.584
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.044
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.687
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 7.609
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 13.802
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.351
When I write some files expected to persist 1.235
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.595
# 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" 13.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:49.258
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 enabled and logged in 7.812
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 9.621
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.147
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.134
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.251
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.663
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.383
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.077
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.061
Tags: @product
42.232
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 8.254
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.080
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.637
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:4.053
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 9.045
When I enable persistence 21.232
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.036
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.072
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.489
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.227
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.682
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.773
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.147
When I cold reboot the computer 6.476
And the computer reboots Tails 40.409
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.472
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.358
Given I enable persistence 12.818
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.077
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.241
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.285
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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2:11.511
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 8.588
# 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 28.975
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.760
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:9.718
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.303
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
41.577
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 8.060
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.983
Then persistence is disabled 0.130
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.907
And all notifications have disappeared 8.233
When I delete the persistent partition 2.846
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.415
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:27.284
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 8.342
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.052
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.551
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.115
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
54.802
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 8.230
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.183
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.489
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.283
And all notifications have disappeared 8.261
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.274
And all tps features are enabled 5.192
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:16.459
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 33.461
And I enable persistence 25.702
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.424
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.634
And persistence is enabled 6.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.860
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 7.718
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.555
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
35.284
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 7.644
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.294
When I enable persistence 10.847
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.436
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.856
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 7.473
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.376
When I try to enable persistence 1.261
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.574
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.230
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.540
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.168
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.804
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 7.582
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.278
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.546
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 12.226
And all notifications have disappeared 8.756
# 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" 0.288
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.127
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.277
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.596
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
59.493
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 20.580
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.563
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.394
When I try to enable persistence 1.190
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.442
When I log in to a new session 11.503
And all notifications have disappeared 10.079
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.951
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000