Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21751-test-cloudflare-dns-server 2 23 Sep 2026, 09:03

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 22:3.661 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:28.769
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 1:15.477
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.452
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.219
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.213
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 8.493
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.610
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.206
And persistence is disabled 0.069
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:32.176
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 8.710
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.235
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.080
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.839
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.180
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.887
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.146
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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28.321
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 8.126
And the system is very low on memory 4.113
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.167
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.323
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.082
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.421
And I free up some memory 0.398
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.643
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.756
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.244
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.264
And all tps features are active 7.177
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.436
When I disable the first tps feature 2.561
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.270
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.198
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.246
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
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12.550
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 7.655
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I disable the first tps feature 2.498
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.034
When I enable the first tps feature 1.989
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.077
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 7.651
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
And I disable the first tps feature 2.477
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.753
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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39.100
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 enabled and logged in 7.505
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 8.157
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.350
When I write some files expected to persist 0.907
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.183
# 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" 10.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.028
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 7.528
And the network is plugged 0.044
And Tor is ready 9.870
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 5.145
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.288
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 10.428
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.368
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.050
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.056
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37.715
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 8.201
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.090
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.210
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:45.347
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 8.383
When I enable persistence 20.165
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.001
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.129
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.349
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.405
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.466
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.268
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.131
When I cold reboot the computer 5.764
And the computer reboots Tails 32.357
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.311
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.228
Given I enable persistence 12.516
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.075
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.316
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.369
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:6.199
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 8.206
# 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 29.129
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.118
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.257
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product
36.865
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 8.085
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.125
Then persistence is disabled 0.070
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.826
And all notifications have disappeared 7.885
When I delete the persistent partition 2.600
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:14.539
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 7.784
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.272
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.237
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045
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53.317
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 7.975
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.043
When I try to enable persistence 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.081
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.606
And all notifications have disappeared 8.280
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.230
And all tps features are enabled 7.078
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:39.842
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 1:58.896
And I enable persistence 25.399
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.512
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.604
And persistence is enabled 7.429
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.605
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 7.400
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.752
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.451
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
38.102
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 8.457
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.746
When I enable persistence 12.496
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.337
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.150
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 7.956
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.782
When I try to enable persistence 1.283
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.921
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.212
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.378
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.255
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.512
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.492
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 7.731
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.131
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.096
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.249
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.030
When I log in to a new session 7.475
And all notifications have disappeared 6.531
# 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" 0.185
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.108
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.165
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.015
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.491
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 7.876
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.369
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.264
When I try to enable persistence 1.240
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 1.927
When I log in to a new session 7.805
And all notifications have disappeared 7.157
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.078
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000