Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21882-reproduce-omni-ja 2 02 Nov 2026, 19:41

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 23:20.351 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:57.660
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.281
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.043
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.417
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.399
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.309
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 8.864
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.518
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.320
And persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.306
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 8.539
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.328
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.102
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.769
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.763
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.543
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.158
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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28.407
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 8.164
And the system is very low on memory 3.957
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.160
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.415
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.117
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.404
And I free up some memory 0.496
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.648
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:47.602
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 8.865
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.294
And all tps features are active 7.657
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.712
When I disable the first tps feature 2.507
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.540
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.351
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.068
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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13.478
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 8.104
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.092
When I disable the first tps feature 2.521
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.045
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.042
When I enable the first tps feature 2.445
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.329
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 7.911
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.100
And I disable the first tps feature 2.434
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.773
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.714
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 7.617
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 12.935
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.466
When I write some files expected to persist 1.136
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.530
# 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" 10.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.214
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 enabled and logged in 7.851
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 10.086
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.095
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.608
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.087
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 10.887
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.356
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.082
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.474
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.085
Tags: @product
38.291
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 9.237
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.119
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.836
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:51.336
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.764
When I enable persistence 21.416
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.260
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.686
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.265
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.321
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.516
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.167
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.180
When I cold reboot the computer 5.850
And the computer reboots Tails 34.006
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.196
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.185
Given I enable persistence 13.516
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.070
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.141
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.686
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:5.348
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 8.082
# 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 28.400
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 1:4.145
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.419
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028
Tags: @product
39.539
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 9.021
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.744
Then persistence is disabled 0.072
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.794
And all notifications have disappeared 8.004
When I delete the persistent partition 2.641
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:22.443
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 8.561
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.077
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.761
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.739
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049
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56.129
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 8.856
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.472
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.442
And all notifications have disappeared 8.200
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.245
And all tps features are enabled 7.809
And all tps features but the first one are active 6.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:39.522
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 1:58.584
And I enable persistence 25.250
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.562
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.557
And persistence is enabled 7.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.992
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 7.776
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.693
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.057
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 8.499
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.283
When I enable persistence 12.927
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.869
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 8.144
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.578
When I try to enable persistence 1.296
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.880
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.087
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.192
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.149
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.489
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 8.193
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.132
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 9.127
And all notifications have disappeared 7.124
# 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" 0.141
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.140
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.184
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.096
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.308
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 8.361
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.373
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.273
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.987
When I log in to a new session 8.150
And all notifications have disappeared 7.652
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.367
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000