Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21721-less-verbose-release-process 3 30 Aug 2026, 10:54

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 23:27.542 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.409
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 1:17.727
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.542
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.244
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.709
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 8.257
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.837
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.211
And persistence is disabled 0.073
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.221
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 8.863
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.291
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.084
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.345
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.230
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.166
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.143
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
30.535
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 8.048
And the system is very low on memory 4.722
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.238
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.584
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.093
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.359
And I free up some memory 0.508
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.934
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:50.462
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 8.610
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.285
And all tps features are active 8.463
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.705
When I disable the first tps feature 2.481
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.730
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.686
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.999
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.533
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 8.021
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I disable the first tps feature 2.609
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.081
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.056
When I enable the first tps feature 2.466
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.387
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 20.740
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
And I disable the first tps feature 2.508
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.964
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.622
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 7.773
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 8.308
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.812
When I write some files expected to persist 1.141
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.340
# 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" 11.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.380
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 7.867
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 9.585
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.095
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.257
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.610
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 11.302
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.424
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.067
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041
Tags: @product
39.846
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 8.636
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.115
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.608
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:48.580
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 8.527
When I enable persistence 21.566
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.031
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.673
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.276
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.283
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.451
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.180
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.124
When I cold reboot the computer 5.971
And the computer reboots Tails 32.988
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.319
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.121
Given I enable persistence 13.024
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.083
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.326
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.478
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:6.549
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 8.406
# 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 27.568
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.318
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.878
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
39.769
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 8.891
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.167
Then persistence is disabled 0.123
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.586
And all notifications have disappeared 8.055
When I delete the persistent partition 2.687
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.020
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 8.759
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.076
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.229
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.736
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
59.551
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 8.862
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.444
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.956
And all notifications have disappeared 7.515
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.227
And all tps features are enabled 8.441
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:42.768
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 2:1.526
And I enable persistence 25.855
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.996
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.536
And persistence is enabled 7.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.255
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 7.673
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.095
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
52.608
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 22.050
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.876
When I enable persistence 12.334
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.278
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 8.017
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.568
When I try to enable persistence 1.236
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.825
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.103
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.104
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.116
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.285
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 8.443
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.191
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.213
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.021
When I log in to a new session 8.542
And all notifications have disappeared 7.329
# 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" 0.131
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.109
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.180
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.073
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.765
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 8.561
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.906
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.380
When I try to enable persistence 1.202
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.034
When I log in to a new session 7.776
And all notifications have disappeared 6.584
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.442
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000