Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21322-change-domain-deb.tails.boum.org 6 22 May 2026, 07:45

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 19:36.417 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.228
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:15.996
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.118
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.305
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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26.753
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.519
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.377
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.244
And persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.705
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.156
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.329
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.134
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.519
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.361
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.905
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.199
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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27.791
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.323
And the system is very low on memory 3.560
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.193
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.503
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.110
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.342
And I free up some memory 0.872
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.825
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:25.315
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.960
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.375
And all tps features are active 1.208
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.887
When I disable the first tps feature 2.462
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.134
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.316
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.951
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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12.919
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.472
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.104
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.079
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I disable the first tps feature 2.478
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.131
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.068
When I enable the first tps feature 2.435
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
12.658
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 6.974
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
And I disable the first tps feature 2.578
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.915
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
39.099
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.003
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 9.720
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.166
When I write some files expected to persist 1.157
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.263
# 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" 11.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:34.913
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.184
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 9.941
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.145
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.379
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.456
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 12.203
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.398
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.066
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.044
Tags: @product
37.734
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.394
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.084
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.361
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:45.298
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.535
When I enable persistence 13.656
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.532
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.199
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.280
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.211
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.470
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.846
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.139
When I cold reboot the computer 10.096
And the computer reboots Tails 36.282
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.316
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.177
Given I enable persistence 6.916
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.066
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.276
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.156
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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2:1.328
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.092
# 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 24.824
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.748
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.328
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.334
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
36.078
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.592
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.781
Then persistence is disabled 0.094
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.723
And all notifications have disappeared 7.862
When I delete the persistent partition 2.682
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.341
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:19.107
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.401
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.048
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.290
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.134
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
39.385
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.661
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.880
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.469
And all notifications have disappeared 7.690
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.246
And all tps features are enabled 1.073
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:0.731
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 29.638
And I enable persistence 19.059
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.013
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.547
And persistence is enabled 1.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
22.395
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 6.928
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.856
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.617
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.861
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.572
When I enable persistence 6.576
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.049
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.562
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.631
When I try to enable persistence 1.267
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.109
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.144
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.260
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.179
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.822
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.533
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.298
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.151
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 10.506
And all notifications have disappeared 8.641
# 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" 0.133
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.079
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.179
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.289
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.483
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.698
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.389
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.318
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.152
When I log in to a new session 9.835
And all notifications have disappeared 8.594
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.512
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000