Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21688-strict-umask 6 27 Jul 2026, 04:46

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 21:9.016 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.017
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.091
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.861
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.235
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.415
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.419
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.033
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.268
And persistence is disabled 0.104
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:34.841
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.054
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.243
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.085
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.718
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.997
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.465
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.178
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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29.294
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.295
And the system is very low on memory 4.544
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.241
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.867
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.098
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.503
And I free up some memory 0.774
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.917
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.615
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.066
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.287
And all tps features are active 4.801
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.910
When I disable the first tps feature 2.505
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.856
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.065
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.196
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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12.738
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.506
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.049
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I disable the first tps feature 2.467
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.059
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.023
When I enable the first tps feature 2.418
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.612
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.006
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.081
And I disable the first tps feature 2.555
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.865
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
38.947
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.105
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 9.732
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.912
When I write some files expected to persist 1.104
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.380
# 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" 11.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.383
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.197
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
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 0.020
And Tor is ready 13.994
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.113
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.355
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.777
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.210
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.385
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.070
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055
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39.337
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.946
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.084
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.337
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:48.100
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.108
When I enable persistence 18.564
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.579
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.297
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.328
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.248
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.468
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.892
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.152
When I cold reboot the computer 6.214
And the computer reboots Tails 35.885
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.271
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.175
Given I enable persistence 10.617
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.099
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.225
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.834
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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2:12.056
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.998
# 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 30.741
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.486
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.965
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
38.418
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.646
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.403
Then persistence is disabled 0.094
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.162
And all notifications have disappeared 8.081
When I delete the persistent partition 2.650
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.320
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.381
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.047
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.461
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.226
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036
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50.233
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.678
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.800
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.982
And all notifications have disappeared 7.780
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.264
And all tps features are enabled 4.452
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.336
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:12.473
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 32.957
And I enable persistence 23.999
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.103
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.497
And persistence is enabled 4.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.194
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.030
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 17.622
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.809
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.957
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.294
When I enable persistence 10.232
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.415
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.759
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.724
When I try to enable persistence 1.253
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.915
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.296
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.374
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.146
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.290
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.306
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.172
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.338
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 10.811
And all notifications have disappeared 9.681
# 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" 0.129
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.396
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.175
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.209
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.685
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.077
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.174
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.286
When I try to enable persistence 1.167
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.182
When I log in to a new session 8.888
And all notifications have disappeared 9.506
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.653
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000