Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21348-migrate-away-from-sysadmin-team-container-images 6 19 Jun 2026, 17:28

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 21:11.173 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.964
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.038
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:16.927
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.899
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.300
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.128
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.481
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.896
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.199
And persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.464
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.597
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 8.362
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.280
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.101
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.244
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.718
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.619
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.168
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031
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27.982
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 7.329
And the system is very low on memory 3.814
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.188
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.330
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.123
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.342
And I free up some memory 0.854
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.922
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.402
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 enabled and logged in 8.430
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.308
And all tps features are active 4.950
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.342
When I disable the first tps feature 2.475
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.005
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.817
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.155
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
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12.986
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 enabled and logged in 7.668
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.089
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.085
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I disable the first tps feature 2.481
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.044
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.046
When I enable the first tps feature 2.413
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.895
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.375
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.048
And I disable the first tps feature 2.484
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.860
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.076
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.373
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 10.955
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.835
When I write some files expected to persist 1.147
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.792
# 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" 11.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.054
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.397
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 9.464
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.135
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.584
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.898
And I capture all network traffic 0.018
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 10.963
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.404
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.075
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.078
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39.269
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.854
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.099
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.320
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:56.503
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.671
When I enable persistence 18.151
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.829
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.705
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.296
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.209
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.544
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.504
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.145
When I cold reboot the computer 10.459
And the computer reboots Tails 36.323
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.324
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.237
Given I enable persistence 10.680
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.102
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.248
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.935
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
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2:9.529
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 8.390
# 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 25.679
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.498
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.482
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.479
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product
37.677
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 7.865
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.559
Then persistence is disabled 0.083
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.250
And all notifications have disappeared 7.895
When I delete the persistent partition 2.640
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:24.245
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.037
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.986
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.050
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.876
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product
47.137
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 7.411
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.434
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.667
And all notifications have disappeared 7.803
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.244
And all tps features are enabled 4.562
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:7.536
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 with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 29.815
And I enable persistence 22.305
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.640
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.564
And persistence is enabled 5.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.379
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.326
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 with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.197
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.608
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.523
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.730
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.896
When I enable persistence 10.443
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.408
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.523
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.467
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.774
When I try to enable persistence 1.314
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.379
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.137
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.541
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.153
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.235
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.619
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.149
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.197
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.225
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 10.394
And all notifications have disappeared 9.633
# 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" 0.284
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.395
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.156
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.360
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.575
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.970
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.929
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.314
When I try to enable persistence 1.191
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.393
When I log in to a new session 11.759
And all notifications have disappeared 8.677
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.599
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000