Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21756-better-support-build-machine 2 30 Sep 2026, 19:54

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 23:25.992 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.495
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 1:20.239
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.996
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.159
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.674
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 8.746
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.893
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.265
And persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:31.876
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 8.661
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.269
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.082
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.525
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.040
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.261
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.857
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.147
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
29.317
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.203
And the system is very low on memory 3.984
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.227
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.428
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.124
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.417
And I free up some memory 0.485
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.401
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:1.226
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 21.962
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.281
And all tps features are active 7.662
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.827
When I disable the first tps feature 2.529
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.747
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.552
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.251
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.411
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.524
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.334
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 7.996
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.072
When I disable the first tps feature 2.502
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.044
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.444
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.393
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 7.930
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
And I disable the first tps feature 2.414
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.871
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
55.531
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 20.612
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 9.651
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.244
When I write some files expected to persist 1.107
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.268
# 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" 11.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.932
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 7.614
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 10.660
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.127
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.238
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.649
And I capture all network traffic 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.101
And Tor is ready 10.914
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.362
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.091
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.085
Tags: @product
39.272
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 8.737
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.074
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.158
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:51.398
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 8.435
When I enable persistence 22.210
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.720
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.588
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.208
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.218
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.486
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.785
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.196
When I cold reboot the computer 5.828
And the computer reboots Tails 32.992
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.198
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.124
Given I enable persistence 13.372
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.078
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.136
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.677
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
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2:22.413
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 23.556
# 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 29.154
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.379
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.938
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.384
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product
37.833
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 8.123
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.033
Then persistence is disabled 0.078
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.363
And all notifications have disappeared 8.293
When I delete the persistent partition 2.674
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.448
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 8.076
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.044
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.510
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.585
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
54.915
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.037
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.250
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.251
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.430
And all notifications have disappeared 8.870
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.242
And all tps features are enabled 7.212
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:40.439
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 1:57.918
And I enable persistence 26.371
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.216
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.497
And persistence is enabled 8.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.431
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.454
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.530
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.446
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
38.540
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 8.638
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.828
When I enable persistence 13.461
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.434
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 8.045
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.621
When I try to enable persistence 1.208
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.063
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.222
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.334
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.219
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.631
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 8.014
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.146
When I try to enable persistence 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.276
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 8.037
And all notifications have disappeared 7.108
# 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" 0.216
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.113
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.327
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.129
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.451
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 8.352
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.043
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.339
When I try to enable persistence 1.199
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.307
When I log in to a new session 7.555
And all notifications have disappeared 7.646
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.217
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000