Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21603-fragnesia 4 16 May 2026, 17:29

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 20:2.786 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.234
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.816
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.343
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.217
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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27.146
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 8.472
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.016
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.253
And persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.323
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:32.992
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.211
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.336
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.145
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.482
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.071
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.778
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.693
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.205
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.024
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28.309
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.197
And the system is very low on memory 4.210
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.234
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.422
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.125
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.389
And I free up some memory 0.800
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.879
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:26.178
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 8.208
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.309
And all tps features are active 1.121
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.921
When I disable the first tps feature 2.535
Then all tps features but the first one are active 0.986
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.632
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.246
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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12.379
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 7.081
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I disable the first tps feature 2.486
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.062
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.437
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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12.702
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 7.170
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.049
And I disable the first tps feature 2.555
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.825
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
39.219
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 6.994
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 9.885
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.197
When I write some files expected to persist 1.074
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.257
# 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" 11.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:39.711
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 6.958
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.354
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.127
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.170
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.679
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 10.891
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.320
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.082
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.066
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49.005
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 20.739
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.062
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.658
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:46.207
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 8.428
When I enable persistence 13.217
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.485
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.146
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.294
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.219
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.501
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.695
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.157
When I cold reboot the computer 10.202
And the computer reboots Tails 36.587
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.298
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.197
Given I enable persistence 6.823
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 9.484
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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2:8.392
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 8.072
# 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 28.545
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.124
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.065
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
36.510
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 8.128
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.175
Then persistence is disabled 0.137
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.498
And all notifications have disappeared 7.556
When I delete the persistent partition 2.661
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.353
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:18.747
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 7.966
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.070
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.231
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.230
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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38.225
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 7.420
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.148
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.158
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.700
And all notifications have disappeared 7.591
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.241
And all tps features are enabled 0.939
And all tps features but the first one are active 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
59.748
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 29.037
And I enable persistence 18.715
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.012
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.526
And persistence is enabled 1.455
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
21.575
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 6.892
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.164
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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24.028
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 8.128
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.594
When I enable persistence 6.558
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.037
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.807
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 7.952
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.698
When I try to enable persistence 1.267
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.207
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.170
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.299
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.067
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.198
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.073
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 7.528
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.153
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.775
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 10.966
And all notifications have disappeared 9.661
# 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" 0.172
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.491
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.216
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.251
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.588
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 7.632
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.923
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.337
When I try to enable persistence 1.172
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.742
When I log in to a new session 10.886
And all notifications have disappeared 8.884
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.281
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000