Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21756-better-support-build-machine 1 30 Sep 2026, 19:11

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 22:14.719 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.548
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 1:20.005
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.560
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.236
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.614
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 8.517
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.805
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.203
And persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.876
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 9.109
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.246
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.099
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.090
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.296
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.789
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.149
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
30.938
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 8.180
And the system is very low on memory 4.407
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.143
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.533
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.099
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.376
And I free up some memory 0.718
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.438
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:46.546
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 8.272
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.271
And all tps features are active 8.095
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.868
When I disable the first tps feature 2.460
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.866
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.292
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.324
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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13.424
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 8.044
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.094
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.133
When I disable the first tps feature 2.542
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.046
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.375
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.143
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 7.740
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.048
And I disable the first tps feature 2.500
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.760
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.838
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.986
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 8.098
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.745
When I write some files expected to persist 0.870
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.189
# 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" 10.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.471
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:34.721
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 7.590
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 8.086
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.094
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.224
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.067
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.054
And Tor is ready 12.063
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.314
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.087
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055
Tags: @product
36.805
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 8.259
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.082
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 10.808
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:45.484
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 8.236
When I enable persistence 21.272
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.531
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.410
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.205
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.134
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.408
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.493
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.126
When I cold reboot the computer 5.873
And the computer reboots Tails 32.390
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.391
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.105
Given I enable persistence 12.293
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.054
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.277
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.161
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032
Tags: @product
2:3.619
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.022
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.031
# 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 27.346
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.193
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.019
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
37.408
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 8.213
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.606
Then persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.265
And all notifications have disappeared 8.356
When I delete the persistent partition 2.604
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:14.248
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 7.852
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.043
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.186
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.981
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
Tags: @product
54.020
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 8.236
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.242
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.673
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.475
And all notifications have disappeared 8.068
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.232
And all tps features are enabled 7.504
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:32.927
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 1:52.723
And I enable persistence 24.926
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.266
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.478
And persistence is enabled 7.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.212
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 7.239
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.535
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.437
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
38.771
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 8.487
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.473
When I enable persistence 12.446
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.032
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.513
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 8.082
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.959
When I try to enable persistence 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.706
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.077
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.124
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.935
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 7.770
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.208
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.510
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.126
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.020
When I log in to a new session 7.353
And all notifications have disappeared 8.592
# 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" 0.184
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.089
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.163
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.103
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.120
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 8.005
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.477
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.264
When I try to enable persistence 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.267
When I log in to a new session 7.759
And all notifications have disappeared 7.219
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.083
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000