Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21348-migrate-away-from-sysadmin-team-container-images 5 18 Jun 2026, 17:33

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 22:1.872 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.173
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.664
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.816
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.427
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.468
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.047
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.275
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.255
And persistence is disabled 0.093
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.655
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.401
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.385
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.102
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.551
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 5.696
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.175
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.238
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
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28.959
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.912
And the system is very low on memory 3.992
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.200
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.446
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.116
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.389
And I free up some memory 0.901
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.948
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.104
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.368
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.312
And all tps features are active 5.606
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.970
When I disable the first tps feature 2.588
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.216
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.943
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.308
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
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13.540
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.796
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.127
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.094
When I disable the first tps feature 2.524
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.071
When I enable the first tps feature 2.614
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.134
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.107
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.356
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
And I disable the first tps feature 2.578
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.975
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.905
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.647
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.232
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.324
When I write some files expected to persist 1.283
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.734
# 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" 12.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:47.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.547
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 9.627
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.130
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.189
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.475
And I capture all network traffic 0.019
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 11.425
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.374
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.068
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.111
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38.638
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.026
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.073
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.066
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.254
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:56.322
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.934
When I enable persistence 16.404
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.767
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.610
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.395
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.274
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.566
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.310
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.152
When I cold reboot the computer 9.187
And the computer reboots Tails 37.895
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.255
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.165
Given I enable persistence 11.274
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.063
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.253
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.671
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
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2:16.169
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.653
# 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 27.131
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.638
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:12.991
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product
38.808
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.020
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.890
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.450
Then persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.558
And all notifications have disappeared 7.746
When I delete the persistent partition 2.739
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.336
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:23.080
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.273
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.055
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.037
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.499
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
Tags: @product
50.096
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.855
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.209
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.338
And all notifications have disappeared 7.663
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.275
And all tps features are enabled 5.065
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:12.073
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
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 32.506
And I enable persistence 23.068
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.474
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.535
And persistence is enabled 5.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.206
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.040
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 7.389
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.284
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
34.999
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.716
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.166
When I enable persistence 10.619
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.438
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.287
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.773
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.770
When I try to enable persistence 1.250
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.563
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.391
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.168
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.493
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.135
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.944
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.191
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.032
When I log in to a new session 11.689
And all notifications have disappeared 9.904
# 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" 0.354
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.494
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.192
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 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.778
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.317
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.855
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.311
When I try to enable persistence 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.052
When I log in to a new session 11.284
And all notifications have disappeared 8.389
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.593
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000