Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21615-debian-security-updates-supersede-custom-packages 2 26 May 2026, 01:45

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 19:42.627 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.683
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 1:17.119
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.384
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.312
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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27.454
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 8.331
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.043
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.238
And persistence is disabled 0.088
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:31.497
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 8.308
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.314
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.887
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.783
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.857
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.186
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
28.542
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 7.464
And the system is very low on memory 3.207
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.147
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.916
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.157
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.384
And I free up some memory 0.808
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.402
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.270
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 8.329
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.370
And all tps features are active 1.124
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.097
When I disable the first tps feature 2.475
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.071
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.978
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.764
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005
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12.886
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 7.477
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.091
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
When I disable the first tps feature 2.452
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.062
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.056
When I enable the first tps feature 2.509
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
12.915
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 7.172
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.170
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.090
And I disable the first tps feature 2.484
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.954
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
39.633
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 7.186
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 10.244
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.179
When I write some files expected to persist 1.080
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.234
# 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" 11.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:40.128
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.024
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.136
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 10.227
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.131
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.202
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.866
And I capture all network traffic 0.011
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 11.927
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.416
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.085
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.097
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37.239
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 8.366
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.104
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.528
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:44.537
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 7.908
When I enable persistence 12.813
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.687
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.176
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.413
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.276
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.562
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.092
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.129
When I cold reboot the computer 8.715
And the computer reboots Tails 36.061
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.231
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.215
Given I enable persistence 7.081
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.222
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.663
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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2:2.922
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 7.877
# 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 26.295
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.357
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.069
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
38.019
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 8.300
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.873
Then persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.714
And all notifications have disappeared 7.876
When I delete the persistent partition 2.769
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.397
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:20.209
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 enabled and logged in 7.979
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.063
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.467
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.480
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.513
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.026
Tags: @product
38.923
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 7.765
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.045
When I try to enable persistence 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.715
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.402
And all notifications have disappeared 7.471
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.340
And all tps features are enabled 0.925
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
59.452
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 28.896
And I enable persistence 18.765
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.672
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.592
And persistence is enabled 1.524
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.318
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
22.232
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 6.861
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.838
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
22.729
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 7.265
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.228
When I enable persistence 6.548
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.041
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
22.457
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 7.117
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.417
When I try to enable persistence 1.276
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.103
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.133
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.359
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.131
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.868
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 7.348
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.480
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.190
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 10.562
And all notifications have disappeared 8.688
# 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" 0.123
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.073
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.162
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 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.022
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 7.183
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.351
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.320
When I try to enable persistence 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.717
When I log in to a new session 10.326
And all notifications have disappeared 7.917
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.275
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000