Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21866-update-firmware-sof 1 03 Nov 2026, 14:34

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 22:43.552 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:56.534
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 1:16.602
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.003
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.905
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.048
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
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.487
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.178
And persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:30.340
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 8.579
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.232
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.046
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.040
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.373
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.773
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.174
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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28.775
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 7.984
And the system is very low on memory 4.270
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.159
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.319
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.093
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.434
And I free up some memory 0.423
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.029
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.767
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 8.324
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.305
And all tps features are active 8.048
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.679
When I disable the first tps feature 2.441
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.378
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.295
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.537
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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25.963
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 20.814
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
When I disable the first tps feature 2.418
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.035
When I enable the first tps feature 2.384
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.044
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.983
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 7.531
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.045
And I disable the first tps feature 2.427
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.867
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.639
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 enabled and logged in 7.480
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 12.622
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.220
When I write some files expected to persist 0.913
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.214
# 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" 11.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:34.215
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 7.608
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 8.552
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.093
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.160
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.128
And I capture all network traffic 0.010
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 10.085
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.373
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.046
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.091
Tags: @product
36.629
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 8.202
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.066
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.626
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.694
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 8.405
When I enable persistence 21.869
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.335
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.278
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.401
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.216
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.541
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.514
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.110
When I cold reboot the computer 5.772
And the computer reboots Tails 32.663
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.194
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.160
Given I enable persistence 12.401
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.072
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.277
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.389
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.467
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:10.594
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 8.227
# 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 32.050
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.161
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.378
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
35.697
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 8.081
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.180
Then persistence is disabled 0.076
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.841
And all notifications have disappeared 7.597
When I delete the persistent partition 2.661
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:14.880
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 7.939
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.060
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.187
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.527
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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53.429
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 8.278
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.513
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.676
And all notifications have disappeared 8.007
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.238
And all tps features are enabled 7.207
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:34.718
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 1:53.717
And I enable persistence 25.484
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.060
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.475
And persistence is enabled 7.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.124
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 7.489
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.184
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.451
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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36.897
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 8.279
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.785
When I enable persistence 12.019
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.037
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.450
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 7.689
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.575
When I try to enable persistence 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.278
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.120
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.175
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.079
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.317
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.652
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 7.677
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.085
When I try to enable persistence 1.245
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.413
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 8.603
And all notifications have disappeared 8.022
# 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" 0.119
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.093
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.136
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.205
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
36.516
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 7.860
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.284
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.229
When I try to enable persistence 1.146
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.102
When I log in to a new session 7.960
And all notifications have disappeared 6.135
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.002
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000