Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21773-wait-for-appstream-before-snapshot 3 29 Oct 2026, 02:15

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 22:48.581 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:8.846
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 1:28.778
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.275
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.478
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.485
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 8.626
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.275
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.198
And persistence is disabled 0.103
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:30.819
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.651
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.296
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.488
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.032
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.225
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.867
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.143
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
29.065
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 8.148
And the system is very low on memory 4.268
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.187
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.601
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.196
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.375
And I free up some memory 0.446
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.791
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.035
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 8.254
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.264
And all tps features are active 7.503
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.816
When I disable the first tps feature 2.473
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.660
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.203
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.091
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
13.552
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 8.224
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.118
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I disable the first tps feature 2.502
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.044
When I enable the first tps feature 2.388
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.432
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 8.015
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
And I disable the first tps feature 2.473
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.745
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.323
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 8.056
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 10.311
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.809
When I write some files expected to persist 1.033
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.159
# 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" 10.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.412
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.901
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 8.073
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 8.136
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.124
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.196
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.821
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 11.985
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.354
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.057
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.064
Tags: @product
35.483
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 8.445
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.115
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.052
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 13.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:43.946
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 8.305
When I enable persistence 19.913
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.011
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.663
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.235
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.158
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.528
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.572
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.115
When I cold reboot the computer 5.744
And the computer reboots Tails 33.268
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.256
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.249
Given I enable persistence 12.017
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.065
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.341
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.387
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052
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2:3.112
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 8.137
# 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 28.607
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.223
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.690
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.452
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
37.639
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 8.428
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.564
Then persistence is disabled 0.111
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.572
And all notifications have disappeared 8.022
When I delete the persistent partition 2.687
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:15.738
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 8.341
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.109
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.460
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.666
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
54.284
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 8.320
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.033
When I try to enable persistence 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.161
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.218
And all notifications have disappeared 7.988
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.261
And all tps features are enabled 7.556
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:37.441
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 1:56.149
And I enable persistence 25.063
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.453
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.557
And persistence is enabled 8.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.506
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 7.710
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.323
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
38.539
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 8.491
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.498
When I enable persistence 12.672
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.035
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.958
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 8.606
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.979
When I try to enable persistence 1.341
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.287
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.101
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.223
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.235
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.262
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 8.609
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.067
When I try to enable persistence 1.210
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.654
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.229
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.021
When I log in to a new session 8.222
And all notifications have disappeared 7.173
# 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" 0.161
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.074
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.192
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.972
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.207
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 8.486
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.157
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.264
When I try to enable persistence 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.223
When I log in to a new session 7.558
And all notifications have disappeared 7.504
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.117
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000