Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21319-thunderbird-153 2 26 Oct 2026, 22:01

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 23:44.404 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:1.924
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 1:18.881
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.768
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.599
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.868
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 8.305
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.830
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.196
And persistence is disabled 0.079
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.456
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.457
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 9.077
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.371
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.116
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.985
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.072
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.278
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.359
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.152
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
29.436
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 8.077
And the system is very low on memory 4.185
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.284
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.608
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.132
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.327
And I free up some memory 0.614
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.132
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:51.432
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 8.560
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.241
And all tps features are active 7.866
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.088
When I disable the first tps feature 2.491
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.221
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.501
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.789
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.065
Tags: @product
12.919
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 7.683
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.102
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.048
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.040
When I disable the first tps feature 2.453
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.045
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.034
When I enable the first tps feature 2.415
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.246
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 7.631
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.091
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
And I disable the first tps feature 2.485
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.917
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.912
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 7.693
And the network is plugged 0.047
And Tor is ready 13.235
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.002
When I write some files expected to persist 0.997
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.222
# 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" 11.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.359
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.449
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 7.660
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 10.143
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 5.344
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.543
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 12.009
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.372
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.071
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.080
Tags: @product
38.433
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 8.320
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.063
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.687
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:48.751
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 8.398
When I enable persistence 21.000
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.926
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.273
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.297
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.337
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.449
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.782
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.132
When I cold reboot the computer 5.957
And the computer reboots Tails 33.856
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.276
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.254
Given I enable persistence 13.222
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.065
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.144
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.240
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
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2:26.087
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 21.547
# 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 33.389
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.967
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.451
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
39.805
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 8.654
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.215
Then persistence is disabled 0.074
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.350
And all notifications have disappeared 8.505
When I delete the persistent partition 2.749
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.959
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 8.079
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.047
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.190
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.432
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
Tags: @product
56.295
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 8.220
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.171
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.599
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.709
And all notifications have disappeared 7.468
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.239
And all tps features are enabled 7.428
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.399
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:41.060
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 1:59.120
And I enable persistence 25.707
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.372
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.593
And persistence is enabled 8.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.475
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 7.463
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.536
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.476
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.290
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 8.426
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.961
When I enable persistence 14.055
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.031
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 8.510
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.626
When I try to enable persistence 1.259
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.281
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.238
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.367
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.267
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.424
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.229
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 8.260
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.046
When I try to enable persistence 1.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.375
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.302
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 7.266
And all notifications have disappeared 7.229
# 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" 0.144
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.136
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.226
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.285
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.335
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 8.325
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.883
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.325
When I try to enable persistence 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.622
When I log in to a new session 7.549
And all notifications have disappeared 8.414
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.121
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000