Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21771-test-reliable-celluloid-open 4 08 Sep 2026, 03:43

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 23:41.835 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.867
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 1:17.560
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.410
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.259
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.051
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 8.146
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.737
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.177
And persistence is disabled 0.078
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.607
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 21.904
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.279
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.105
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.768
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.037
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.020
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.300
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.140
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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29.376
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.160
And the system is very low on memory 3.891
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.240
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.514
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.113
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.332
And I free up some memory 0.406
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.675
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.529
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 7.955
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.285
And all tps features are active 7.662
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.699
When I disable the first tps feature 2.449
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.332
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.231
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.760
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037
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12.819
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 7.600
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I disable the first tps feature 2.416
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.044
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.031
When I enable the first tps feature 2.404
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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12.964
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 7.455
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I disable the first tps feature 2.439
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.894
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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42.157
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 7.568
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 10.732
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.425
When I write some files expected to persist 0.918
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.384
# 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" 11.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.940
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 7.578
And the network is plugged 0.044
And Tor is ready 9.121
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.120
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.239
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.274
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 12.014
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.346
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.073
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046
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49.365
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 21.668
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.113
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.795
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:44.047
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 8.161
When I enable persistence 20.000
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.472
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.669
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.238
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.164
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.441
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 20.919
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.108
When I cold reboot the computer 5.995
And the computer reboots Tails 32.931
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.256
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.113
Given I enable persistence 12.858
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.135
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.407
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:0.305
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 8.107
# 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 26.436
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.277
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.209
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
37.117
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 8.307
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.433
Then persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.795
And all notifications have disappeared 7.692
When I delete the persistent partition 2.582
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:14.818
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 8.088
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.046
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.196
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.306
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
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52.732
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 7.934
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.046
When I try to enable persistence 1.152
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.649
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.174
And all notifications have disappeared 8.265
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.221
And all tps features are enabled 6.773
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:52.185
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 3:7.793
And I enable persistence 27.508
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.331
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.518
And persistence is enabled 9.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.975
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 7.555
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.933
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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41.232
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 8.410
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.354
When I enable persistence 14.010
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.405
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.969
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.198
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.028
When I try to enable persistence 1.239
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.110
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.153
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.042
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.077
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.798
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 8.203
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.216
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.800
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.212
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.021
When I log in to a new session 7.292
And all notifications have disappeared 6.972
# 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" 0.120
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.081
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.143
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.021
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.972
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 8.379
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.686
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.233
When I try to enable persistence 1.255
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.174
When I log in to a new session 8.032
And all notifications have disappeared 7.337
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.054
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000