Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21688-strict-umask 5 26 Jul 2026, 04:52

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 21:33.058 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.283
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 1:23.262
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.875
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.261
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.457
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 8.735
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.117
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.230
And persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:37.373
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.193
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.317
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.108
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.351
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.497
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.615
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.179
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040
Tags: @product
31.730
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.437
And the system is very low on memory 4.964
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.200
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.665
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.188
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.398
And I free up some memory 0.795
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.028
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:46.857
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 8.398
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.379
And all tps features are active 5.354
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.090
When I disable the first tps feature 2.551
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.485
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.854
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.022
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.004
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 7.567
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.082
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I disable the first tps feature 2.520
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.072
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.039
When I enable the first tps feature 2.495
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.267
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 7.201
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.282
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.069
And I disable the first tps feature 2.551
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.113
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.320
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 7.696
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 12.641
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.493
When I write some files expected to persist 1.068
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.537
# 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" 12.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.476
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.822
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 7.389
And the network is plugged 0.044
And Tor is ready 10.311
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.171
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.859
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.600
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 11.702
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.453
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.068
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044
Tags: @product
40.638
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.353
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.097
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.460
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:56.450
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 8.240
When I enable persistence 20.685
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.553
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.638
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.326
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.241
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.528
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.613
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.149
When I cold reboot the computer 6.422
And the computer reboots Tails 38.050
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.385
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.212
Given I enable persistence 11.062
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.080
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.253
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.834
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:8.001
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 7.612
# 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 28.146
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.613
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.563
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
39.340
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 7.608
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.008
Then persistence is disabled 0.088
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.353
And all notifications have disappeared 8.201
When I delete the persistent partition 2.678
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.401
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.674
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 7.625
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.126
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.841
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.871
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
49.445
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 7.610
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.004
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.418
And all notifications have disappeared 7.853
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.259
And all tps features are enabled 5.005
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:9.888
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 31.494
And I enable persistence 24.256
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.358
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.560
And persistence is enabled 5.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.803
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 7.017
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.299
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.566
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 7.824
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.610
When I enable persistence 9.997
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.240
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 7.724
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.249
When I try to enable persistence 1.208
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.382
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.150
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.366
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.151
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.411
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 7.113
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.029
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 0.035
When I log in to a new session 9.183
And all notifications have disappeared 9.871
# 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" 0.214
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.485
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.176
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.216
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.480
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 7.412
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.863
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.296
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.571
When I log in to a new session 10.712
And all notifications have disappeared 8.456
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.315
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000