Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21773-wait-for-appstream-before-snapshot 2 28 Oct 2026, 18:48

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 27:11.131 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:16.995
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:33.643
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.937
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.671
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.648
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 9.194
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.613
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.249
And persistence is disabled 0.075
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:53.944
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 23.358
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.317
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.179
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.951
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.564
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.302
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.166
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product
30.500
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.682
And the system is very low on memory 4.162
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.277
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.302
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.088
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.425
And I free up some memory 0.807
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.698
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:52.126
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 8.891
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.478
And all tps features are active 8.546
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.943
When I disable the first tps feature 2.468
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.852
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.353
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.092
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product
13.966
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 8.471
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.084
When I disable the first tps feature 2.563
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.059
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.056
When I enable the first tps feature 2.519
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.752
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 22.050
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.097
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
And I disable the first tps feature 2.543
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.961
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.476
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 8.429
And the network is plugged 0.044
And Tor is ready 10.269
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.153
When I write some files expected to persist 0.995
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.312
# 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" 12.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.279
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.383
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 7.849
And the network is plugged 0.046
And Tor is ready 10.344
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.112
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.421
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.196
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 11.757
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.436
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.055
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050
Tags: @product
40.203
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.148
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.088
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.856
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:58.077
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.044
When I enable persistence 25.743
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.996
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.631
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.404
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.363
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.606
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.143
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.139
When I cold reboot the computer 5.848
And the computer reboots Tails 33.983
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.223
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.124
Given I enable persistence 14.434
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.073
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.187
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.014
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:16.449
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 8.753
# 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 32.411
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.475
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.505
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
39.442
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 8.291
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.298
Then persistence is disabled 0.092
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.186
And all notifications have disappeared 8.700
When I delete the persistent partition 2.623
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:22.436
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 8.421
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.049
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.664
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.069
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product
1:6.278
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 8.321
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.513
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.169
And all notifications have disappeared 8.047
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.223
And all tps features are enabled 8.424
And all tps features but the first one are active 17.333
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
4:42.830
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 3:53.298
And I enable persistence 29.950
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.902
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.686
And persistence is enabled 10.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.968
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 7.510
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.846
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.914
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 8.504
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.672
When I enable persistence 15.505
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.033
And persistence is successfully enabled 10.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.225
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.939
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.715
When I try to enable persistence 1.234
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.695
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.187
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.234
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.240
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.652
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 8.434
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.183
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 0.027
When I log in to a new session 9.521
And all notifications have disappeared 7.320
# 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" 0.134
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.086
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.232
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.277
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.855
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 8.210
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.627
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.304
When I try to enable persistence 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.655
When I log in to a new session 8.092
And all notifications have disappeared 8.630
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.319
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000