Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21195-dont-include-unused-firmware 2 25 Jul 2026, 02:35

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 22:4.218 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.184
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 1:20.406
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.698
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.268
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.008
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 8.153
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.737
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.266
And persistence is disabled 0.107
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.185
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 8.661
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.297
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.385
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.873
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.629
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.165
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
30.119
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 7.485
And the system is very low on memory 4.844
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.493
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.903
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.137
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.381
And I free up some memory 0.828
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.996
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:46.266
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 8.615
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.434
And all tps features are active 5.439
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.039
When I disable the first tps feature 2.629
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.685
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.779
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.948
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.029
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 7.655
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.091
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.068
When I disable the first tps feature 2.470
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.065
When I enable the first tps feature 2.477
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.943
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 7.719
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.104
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.096
And I disable the first tps feature 3.030
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.911
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.159
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 7.152
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 12.479
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.331
When I write some files expected to persist 1.222
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.700
# 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" 12.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:48.636
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 7.224
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 10.309
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.141
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.176
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.503
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.552
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.486
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.085
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.065
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42.018
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.444
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.075
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.002
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:54.001
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 8.240
When I enable persistence 20.091
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.916
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.725
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.425
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.253
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.548
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.431
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.148
When I cold reboot the computer 6.346
And the computer reboots Tails 36.835
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.289
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.246
Given I enable persistence 10.819
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.078
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.225
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.239
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:12.233
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 7.920
# 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 28.228
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.595
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.140
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.348
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
Tags: @product
39.517
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 7.787
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.693
Then persistence is disabled 0.113
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.581
And all notifications have disappeared 8.125
When I delete the persistent partition 2.748
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.465
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:23.599
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 7.865
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.063
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.411
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.024
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037
Tags: @product
51.742
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 7.989
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.071
When I try to enable persistence 1.210
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.256
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.790
And all notifications have disappeared 8.238
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.383
And all tps features are enabled 5.401
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.401
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:15.126
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
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 34.269
And I enable persistence 24.112
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.084
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.715
And persistence is enabled 5.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.939
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 6.892
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.385
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
34.665
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 8.326
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.538
When I enable persistence 11.188
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.152
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 7.959
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.900
When I try to enable persistence 1.277
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.882
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.239
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.369
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.079
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.193
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.039
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 7.756
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.210
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.005
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.042
When I log in to a new session 9.641
And all notifications have disappeared 10.028
# 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" 0.190
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.548
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.192
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.489
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.648
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 7.634
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.232
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.356
When I try to enable persistence 1.254
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.269
When I log in to a new session 10.986
And all notifications have disappeared 8.913
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.253
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000