Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21720-less-error-prone-emergency-release 7 24 Aug 2026, 13:38

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 24:8.208 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.516
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.308
And I update the APT lists using apt 8.194
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.256
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.076
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 8.995
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.800
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.258
And persistence is disabled 0.089
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.086
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 9.888
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.272
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.103
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.920
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.342
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.341
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.138
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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30.950
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 9.100
And the system is very low on memory 5.023
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.277
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.640
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.102
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.408
And I free up some memory 0.506
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.838
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:52.930
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 8.813
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.256
And all tps features are active 8.691
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.894
When I disable the first tps feature 2.485
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.649
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.418
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.680
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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14.167
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 8.094
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.113
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.071
When I disable the first tps feature 3.018
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.065
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.059
When I enable the first tps feature 2.537
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.915
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 8.122
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.116
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.075
And I disable the first tps feature 2.744
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.813
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.043
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 8.399
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 12.314
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.895
When I write some files expected to persist 1.115
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.249
# 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" 12.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.811
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 8.111
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 9.880
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.106
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.486
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.501
And I capture all network traffic 0.012
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 11.039
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.398
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.110
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049
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51.587
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 22.379
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.089
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.400
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:56.900
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 9.045
When I enable persistence 23.498
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.397
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.377
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.325
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.358
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.570
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.428
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.160
When I cold reboot the computer 6.009
And the computer reboots Tails 34.588
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.323
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.334
Given I enable persistence 15.778
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.085
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.243
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.226
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
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2:12.593
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 8.711
# 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 29.125
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.534
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.386
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049
Tags: @product
39.506
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 8.333
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.128
Then persistence is disabled 0.093
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.806
And all notifications have disappeared 8.122
When I delete the persistent partition 2.736
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:23.819
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 8.648
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.092
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.197
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.673
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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59.774
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 8.679
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.191
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.583
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.734
And all notifications have disappeared 7.897
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.358
And all tps features are enabled 9.035
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.105
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 2:1.323
And I enable persistence 26.840
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.043
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.585
And persistence is enabled 9.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.806
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 7.797
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.413
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.796
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 9.025
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.030
When I enable persistence 14.275
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.417
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.144
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 8.345
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.675
When I try to enable persistence 1.319
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.765
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.272
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.076
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.255
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.546
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 8.178
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.356
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 0.033
When I log in to a new session 9.488
And all notifications have disappeared 7.589
# 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" 0.137
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.084
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.148
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.123
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.128
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 8.411
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.613
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.345
When I try to enable persistence 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.228
When I log in to a new session 8.306
And all notifications have disappeared 7.989
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.162
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000