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test_Tails_ISO_21348-migrate-away-from-sysadmin-team-container-images 7 20 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 21:18.212 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.460
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.470
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.916
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.228
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.505
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 8.698
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.799
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.276
And persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.508
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.582
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.270
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.111
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.969
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.553
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.756
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.173
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product
27.679
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.459
And the system is very low on memory 3.232
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.187
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.420
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.080
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.407
And I free up some memory 0.831
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.012
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.668
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 8.356
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.346
And all tps features are active 4.901
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.723
When I disable the first tps feature 2.457
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.784
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.739
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.440
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
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12.877
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 enabled and logged in 7.556
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I disable the first tps feature 2.475
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.050
When I enable the first tps feature 2.454
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.742
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 7.204
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
And I disable the first tps feature 2.514
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.847
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.014
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 7.249
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 9.531
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.878
When I write some files expected to persist 1.130
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.413
# 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" 11.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.344
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 7.209
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 9.858
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.114
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.550
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.061
And I capture all network traffic 0.016
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 10.885
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.433
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.068
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059
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40.371
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.694
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.074
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.685
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:54.230
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 8.738
When I enable persistence 17.477
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.748
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.378
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.371
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.230
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.517
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.665
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.181
When I cold reboot the computer 10.310
And the computer reboots Tails 35.827
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.229
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.171
Given I enable persistence 10.607
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.070
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.224
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.345
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
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2:10.470
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 enabled and logged in 8.331
# 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 27.616
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.174
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.082
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product
38.358
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 8.562
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.181
Then persistence is disabled 0.089
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.764
And all notifications have disappeared 7.686
When I delete the persistent partition 2.663
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.411
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:24.022
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 7.743
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.048
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.480
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.536
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product
46.808
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.032
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.140
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.571
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.923
And all notifications have disappeared 7.743
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.293
And all tps features are enabled 4.579
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.475
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:9.694
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 32.131
And I enable persistence 22.351
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.429
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.602
And persistence is enabled 5.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.713
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.087
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.107
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.512
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 8.406
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.130
When I enable persistence 9.541
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.071
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.434
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 7.883
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.987
When I try to enable persistence 1.321
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.960
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.271
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.156
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.092
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 7.592
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.044
When I try to enable persistence 1.150
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.448
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 10.189
And all notifications have disappeared 8.987
# 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" 0.180
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.091
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.151
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.403
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.702
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 7.940
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.653
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.282
When I try to enable persistence 1.153
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.867
When I log in to a new session 9.603
And all notifications have disappeared 8.844
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 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000