Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21790-tor-0.4.9.13 3 26 Sep 2026, 08:57

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 22:59.996 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.280
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 1:18.932
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.439
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.225
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.309
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 8.619
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.137
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.215
And persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.075
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 8.561
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.285
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.053
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.038
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.331
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.549
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.149
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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28.998
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 8.023
And the system is very low on memory 3.797
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.241
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.766
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.114
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.360
And I free up some memory 0.669
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.981
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:47.118
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 8.417
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.263
And all tps features are active 7.968
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.590
When I disable the first tps feature 2.469
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.209
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.439
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.536
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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13.237
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 persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.038
When I disable the first tps feature 2.486
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.025
When I enable the first tps feature 2.434
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.563
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 8.000
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.092
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
And I disable the first tps feature 2.500
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.869
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.247
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 7.702
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 9.945
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.706
When I write some files expected to persist 1.067
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.488
# 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" 11.298
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.028
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 7.765
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 10.091
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.128
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.255
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.975
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.049
And Tor is ready 11.182
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.379
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.057
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.071
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38.720
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 8.609
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.086
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.152
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:55.264
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.710
When I enable persistence 22.433
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.816
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.520
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.384
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.295
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.505
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.678
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.127
When I cold reboot the computer 5.939
And the computer reboots Tails 34.564
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.357
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.243
Given I enable persistence 15.036
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.083
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.216
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.223
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:12.331
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 7.965
# 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 28.440
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.301
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.308
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032
Tags: @product
37.116
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 8.179
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.554
Then persistence is disabled 0.077
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.766
And all notifications have disappeared 7.547
When I delete the persistent partition 2.745
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:15.667
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 8.034
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.056
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.181
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.190
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
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54.391
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 8.069
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.084
When I try to enable persistence 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.594
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.983
And all notifications have disappeared 7.968
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.221
And all tps features are enabled 7.833
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.447
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:45.663
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 2:2.041
And I enable persistence 27.546
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.644
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.529
And persistence is enabled 7.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.303
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 7.677
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.094
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.062
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 8.689
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.672
When I enable persistence 13.443
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.902
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 8.054
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.679
When I try to enable persistence 1.223
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.673
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.212
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.163
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.117
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.979
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 7.933
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.086
When I try to enable persistence 1.279
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.462
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.288
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.033
When I log in to a new session 9.305
And all notifications have disappeared 9.149
# 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" 0.138
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.074
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.173
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.190
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.730
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 8.188
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.137
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.302
When I try to enable persistence 1.279
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.306
When I log in to a new session 8.885
And all notifications have disappeared 7.559
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.188
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000