Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21751-test-cloudflare-dns-server 1 22 Sep 2026, 14:52

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 23:15.731 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.297
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 1:21.709
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.577
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.245
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.524
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 8.806
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.584
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.227
And persistence is disabled 0.077
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:31.460
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 8.576
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.291
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.069
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.632
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.306
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.336
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.151
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046
Tags: @product
28.907
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 8.119
And the system is very low on memory 4.121
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.204
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.514
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.094
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.421
And I free up some memory 0.517
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.861
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.395
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 8.055
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.246
And all tps features are active 7.625
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.307
When I disable the first tps feature 2.482
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.511
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.273
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.301
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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13.154
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 7.796
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I disable the first tps feature 2.500
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.019
When I enable the first tps feature 2.463
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.866
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 7.544
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
And I disable the first tps feature 2.471
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.706
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.969
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 7.696
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 9.480
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.687
When I write some files expected to persist 0.882
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.175
# 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" 11.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.301
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:34.162
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 7.535
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 10.053
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.101
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.195
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.354
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 10.278
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.383
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.085
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048
Tags: @product
37.950
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.422
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.067
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.525
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.148
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
When I enable persistence 20.607
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.795
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.027
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.208
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.154
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.514
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.207
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.116
When I cold reboot the computer 6.928
And the computer reboots Tails 31.014
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.364
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.106
Given I enable persistence 12.569
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.063
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.134
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.865
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:2.256
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 8.226
# 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 27.279
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.117
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.641
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046
Tags: @product
37.175
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 7.966
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.682
Then persistence is disabled 0.070
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.265
And all notifications have disappeared 8.272
When I delete the persistent partition 2.647
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:17.147
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 7.918
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.045
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.270
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.699
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
53.009
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 8.260
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.046
When I try to enable persistence 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.269
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.385
And all notifications have disappeared 8.267
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.232
And all tps features are enabled 7.151
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:45.352
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 3:3.144
And I enable persistence 27.109
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.730
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.454
And persistence is enabled 7.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.915
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 7.260
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.215
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.101
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 8.488
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.941
When I enable persistence 11.780
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.782
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 8.188
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.747
When I try to enable persistence 1.239
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.096
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.093
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.221
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.177
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 7.665
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.088
When I try to enable persistence 1.136
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.812
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.099
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.022
When I log in to a new session 8.284
And all notifications have disappeared 7.026
# 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 0.077
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.168
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.983
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 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
36.972
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 7.770
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.267
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.229
When I try to enable persistence 1.136
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 1.881
When I log in to a new session 7.219
And all notifications have disappeared 7.569
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.026
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.374
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000