Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21790-tor-0.4.9.13 1 24 Sep 2026, 16:49

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 22:11.045 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:38.328
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 1:21.113
And I update the APT lists using apt 10.006
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.538
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.001
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 log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.051
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.169
And persistence is disabled 0.070
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:31.780
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 8.495
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.250
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.099
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.063
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.039
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.270
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.384
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.139
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039
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28.548
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 8.061
And the system is very low on memory 4.178
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.175
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.492
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.083
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.405
And I free up some memory 0.422
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.668
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.534
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 8.195
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.264
And all tps features are active 7.774
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.509
When I disable the first tps feature 2.443
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.663
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.344
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.166
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
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13.020
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 enabled and logged in 7.710
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.085
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.084
When I disable the first tps feature 2.496
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.046
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.051
When I enable the first tps feature 2.408
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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12.987
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 7.466
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
And I disable the first tps feature 2.490
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.811
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.510
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 7.658
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 9.311
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.986
When I write some files expected to persist 1.051
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.139
# 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" 11.333
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.030
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 7.585
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 9.567
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 5.347
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.207
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 11.613
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.378
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.036
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.084
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38.476
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.375
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.102
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.090
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:43.660
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 8.246
When I enable persistence 20.403
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.520
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.447
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.430
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.285
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.555
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.311
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.125
When I cold reboot the computer 5.721
And the computer reboots Tails 32.005
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.167
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.109
Given I enable persistence 11.953
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.059
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.285
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.947
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037
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2:2.852
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 8.170
# 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 27.311
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.436
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.334
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
38.443
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 8.171
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.987
Then persistence is disabled 0.073
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.043
And all notifications have disappeared 8.254
When I delete the persistent partition 2.648
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.263
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:15.049
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 7.723
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.081
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.238
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.828
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
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54.404
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 8.199
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.708
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.229
And all notifications have disappeared 8.570
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.300
And all tps features are enabled 7.543
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:36.626
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 1:56.431
And I enable persistence 25.043
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.316
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.457
And persistence is enabled 7.377
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.351
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 7.590
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.242
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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37.456
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 8.212
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.301
When I enable persistence 11.948
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.042
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.848
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 8.261
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.605
When I try to enable persistence 1.243
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.270
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.140
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.200
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.193
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.766
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 7.959
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.242
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.210
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.020
When I log in to a new session 8.350
And all notifications have disappeared 6.673
# 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" 0.150
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.080
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.142
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.968
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.364
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 8.128
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.528
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.203
When I try to enable persistence 1.151
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.259
When I log in to a new session 7.480
And all notifications have disappeared 7.773
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.022
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000