Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21901-refresh-about-tor-7-17 1 05 Nov 2026, 21:12

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 23:43.643 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:0.030
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 1:19.065
And I update the APT lists using apt 36.254
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.627
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.186
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 8.721
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.463
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.202
And persistence is disabled 0.068
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:34.369
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 8.754
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.324
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.105
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.297
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.255
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.390
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.144
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026
Tags: @product
28.436
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 7.964
And the system is very low on memory 4.203
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.294
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.186
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.092
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.381
And I free up some memory 0.452
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.820
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:50.505
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 8.413
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.274
And all tps features are active 8.532
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.815
When I disable the first tps feature 2.459
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.122
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.737
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.226
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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13.147
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 7.721
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
When I disable the first tps feature 2.511
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.042
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.041
When I enable the first tps feature 2.529
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.833
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 22.406
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
And I disable the first tps feature 2.416
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.831
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.618
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 7.407
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 13.524
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.442
When I write some files expected to persist 0.854
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.479
# 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" 10.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.948
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 7.568
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 8.195
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.119
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.135
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.906
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 10.454
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.366
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.045
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044
Tags: @product
36.962
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 8.249
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.085
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.192
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.436
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.025
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 8.403
When I enable persistence 21.020
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.794
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.866
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.326
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.160
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.438
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.524
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.101
When I cold reboot the computer 5.766
And the computer reboots Tails 32.437
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.270
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.260
Given I enable persistence 13.195
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.065
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.134
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.146
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:3.566
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 8.260
# 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 27.379
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.156
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.830
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
37.289
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 8.222
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.240
Then persistence is disabled 0.110
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.576
And all notifications have disappeared 8.252
When I delete the persistent partition 2.590
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:15.739
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 7.798
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.266
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.425
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
54.741
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 8.275
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.041
When I try to enable persistence 1.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.553
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.280
And all notifications have disappeared 8.362
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.217
And all tps features are enabled 7.197
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:4.226
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 2:17.038
And I enable persistence 29.158
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.847
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.605
And persistence is enabled 9.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.474
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 7.419
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.594
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.460
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.340
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.420
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.350
When I enable persistence 14.148
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.375
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.153
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 8.102
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.754
When I try to enable persistence 1.266
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.329
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.228
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.171
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.105
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.762
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 8.148
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.202
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.542
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.148
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.022
When I log in to a new session 7.731
And all notifications have disappeared 8.580
# 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 0.125
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.139
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.992
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.285
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 8.173
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.602
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.293
When I try to enable persistence 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.656
When I log in to a new session 7.500
And all notifications have disappeared 7.920
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.102
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000