Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21721-less-verbose-release-process 1 29 Aug 2026, 20:55

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 23:15.330 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.702
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 1:18.831
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.881
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.288
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.976
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 8.464
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.809
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.189
And persistence is disabled 0.077
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:47.569
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 22.624
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.273
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.289
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.962
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.074
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.153
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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30.100
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 8.257
And the system is very low on memory 4.922
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.269
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.309
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.139
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.452
And I free up some memory 0.478
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.229
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:49.244
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 8.199
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.323
And all tps features are active 7.953
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.847
When I disable the first tps feature 3.021
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.617
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.178
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.447
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029
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13.001
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 7.662
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.086
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.122
When I disable the first tps feature 2.434
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.028
When I enable the first tps feature 2.449
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.044
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.653
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 7.698
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
And I disable the first tps feature 2.546
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.227
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.092
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.879
And the network is plugged 0.054
And Tor is ready 8.337
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.317
When I write some files expected to persist 1.080
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.261
# 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" 11.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.095
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 7.720
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 10.476
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.128
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.546
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.775
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 12.763
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.428
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.060
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055
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39.368
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 8.449
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.088
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.220
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:52.560
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 8.714
When I enable persistence 22.795
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.697
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.322
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.265
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.320
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.506
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.880
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.121
When I cold reboot the computer 6.102
And the computer reboots Tails 34.446
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.353
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.112
Given I enable persistence 13.242
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.070
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.319
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.183
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.061
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2:5.955
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 8.323
# 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 30.772
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.496
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.660
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047
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37.639
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 7.937
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.720
Then persistence is disabled 0.110
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.881
And all notifications have disappeared 8.049
When I delete the persistent partition 2.694
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.229
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 8.100
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.055
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.242
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.640
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.071
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55.639
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 8.128
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.045
When I try to enable persistence 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.554
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.564
And all notifications have disappeared 7.868
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.303
And all tps features are enabled 7.697
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:53.430
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 2:7.516
And I enable persistence 27.665
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.889
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.608
And persistence is enabled 9.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.013
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 7.411
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.063
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.062
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 8.471
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.082
When I enable persistence 12.706
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.040
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.728
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 7.872
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.729
When I try to enable persistence 1.266
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.968
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.146
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.288
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.104
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.301
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.392
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.762
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 7.670
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.224
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.316
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.081
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.032
When I log in to a new session 7.771
And all notifications have disappeared 8.402
# 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" 0.165
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.101
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.214
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.021
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.503
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 7.666
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.144
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.253
When I try to enable persistence 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.671
When I log in to a new session 8.226
And all notifications have disappeared 8.460
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.031
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000