Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21319-thunderbird-153 6 27 Oct 2026, 17:13

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 24:47.565 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:6.185
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 1:23.763
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.911
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.737
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.339
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 8.526
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.668
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.205
And persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.983
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 9.315
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.449
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.127
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.959
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.303
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.386
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.282
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
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29.702
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.315
And the system is very low on memory 4.071
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.154
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.331
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.095
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.333
And I free up some memory 0.629
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.720
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:1.470
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 21.583
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.281
And all tps features are active 8.211
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.636
When I disable the first tps feature 2.545
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.499
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.295
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.500
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034
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14.137
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 8.151
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.089
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I disable the first tps feature 3.019
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.061
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.049
When I enable the first tps feature 2.482
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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40.571
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 34.291
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.083
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
And I disable the first tps feature 3.083
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.972
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.944
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 7.969
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 13.555
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.055
When I write some files expected to persist 1.156
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.466
# 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" 11.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.333
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.394
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 8.256
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 10.303
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.117
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.473
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.549
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.058
And Tor is ready 11.024
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.376
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.084
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.129
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39.411
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 8.992
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.182
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.382
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:56.698
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 9.080
When I enable persistence 22.703
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.852
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.762
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.370
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.147
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.483
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.715
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.125
When I cold reboot the computer 5.829
And the computer reboots Tails 34.286
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.203
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.189
Given I enable persistence 15.049
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.098
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.172
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.501
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:10.332
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 8.767
# 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 29.966
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.653
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.033
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
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38.213
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 8.179
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.840
Then persistence is disabled 0.075
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.081
And all notifications have disappeared 8.023
When I delete the persistent partition 2.704
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:21.402
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 8.575
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.071
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.583
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.972
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
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1:0.085
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 8.313
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.070
When I try to enable persistence 1.187
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.311
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.267
And all notifications have disappeared 8.309
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.227
And all tps features are enabled 7.667
And all tps features but the first one are active 9.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:44.837
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 1:57.937
And I enable persistence 27.540
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.408
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.589
And persistence is enabled 10.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.749
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 7.668
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.531
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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41.863
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 8.735
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.885
When I enable persistence 14.289
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.059
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 8.469
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.375
When I try to enable persistence 1.242
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.209
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.212
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.126
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.161
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.351
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 8.222
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.259
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 9.221
And all notifications have disappeared 7.466
# 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" 0.213
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.151
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.231
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.265
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.832
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 8.839
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.288
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.320
When I try to enable persistence 1.190
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.634
When I log in to a new session 8.408
And all notifications have disappeared 7.752
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.273
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000