Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21195-dont-include-unused-firmware 3 26 Jul 2026, 02:38

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 23:23.124 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:39.433
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 1:23.355
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.946
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.295
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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33.263
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 8.631
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.391
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.317
And persistence is disabled 0.127
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:51.345
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 9.215
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.393
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.109
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 22.740
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.341
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.260
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.187
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
33.271
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 7.953
And the system is very low on memory 5.055
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.199
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.203
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.133
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.360
And I free up some memory 0.886
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.413
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.300
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:50.854
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 8.343
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.404
And all tps features are active 5.921
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.132
When I disable the first tps feature 2.572
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.400
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.964
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.773
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.340
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.348
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
Tags: @product
13.800
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 7.786
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.103
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.106
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I disable the first tps feature 3.016
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.057
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.042
When I enable the first tps feature 2.489
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.721
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 7.467
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.091
And I disable the first tps feature 3.058
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.967
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.403
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.494
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 14.018
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.460
When I write some files expected to persist 1.264
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.262
# 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" 12.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.366
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:0.750
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 19.985
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 10.573
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.128
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.045
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.984
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 11.412
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.387
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.093
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036
Tags: @product
43.128
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 9.325
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.099
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.605
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
3:0.118
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 8.579
When I enable persistence 20.458
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.184
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.880
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.365
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.279
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.581
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.342
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.177
When I cold reboot the computer 7.713
And the computer reboots Tails 39.540
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.286
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.268
Given I enable persistence 11.446
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.085
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.249
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.475
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:15.305
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 8.127
# 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 31.276
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.686
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:11.028
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
41.858
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 8.112
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.110
Then persistence is disabled 0.121
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.394
And all notifications have disappeared 8.347
When I delete the persistent partition 3.344
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:27.220
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 8.223
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.040
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.526
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.206
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product
56.015
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.140
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.074
When I try to enable persistence 1.288
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.022
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.182
And all notifications have disappeared 8.034
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.433
And all tps features are enabled 5.812
And all tps features but the first one are active 6.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:23.163
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 37.221
And I enable persistence 28.014
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.216
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.631
And persistence is enabled 6.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.168
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 7.674
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.793
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.914
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 8.487
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.316
When I enable persistence 11.549
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.448
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.103
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.221
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.623
When I try to enable persistence 1.311
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.063
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.613
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.192
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.767
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 8.123
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.127
When I try to enable persistence 1.237
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.159
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.167
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I log in to a new session 11.293
And all notifications have disappeared 8.908
# 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" 0.368
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.084
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.182
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.385
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.480
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.515
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 8.540
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.730
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.615
When I try to enable persistence 1.239
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.413
When I log in to a new session 10.748
And all notifications have disappeared 9.298
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.022
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.420
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000