Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21909-allow-disabling-busy-persistence-features 2 12 Nov 2026, 20:24

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 24:15.888 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:3.083
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 1:20.193
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.516
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.567
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.033
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 8.880
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.018
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.255
And persistence is disabled 0.075
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.190
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 8.841
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.364
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.079
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.285
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 5.342
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.006
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.174
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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30.815
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 8.410
And the system is very low on memory 3.925
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.226
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.505
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 2.319
And I free up some memory 0.469
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.797
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:55.007
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 8.614
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.294
And all tps features are active 8.868
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.829
When I disable the first tps feature 2.636
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.408
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.821
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.552
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
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13.649
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 8.329
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.083
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.048
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.073
When I disable the first tps feature 2.557
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.040
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.034
When I enable the first tps feature 2.405
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.045
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.489
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.600
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 7.887
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.098
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.048
And I disable the first tps feature 2.677
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.842
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.072
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 7.692
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 12.243
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.590
When I write some files expected to persist 1.055
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.711
# 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" 11.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.993
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.875
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 10.474
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.099
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.240
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.294
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 10.416
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.348
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.068
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052
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40.781
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.961
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.167
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.573
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:55.018
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 8.675
When I enable persistence 22.638
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.072
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.390
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.212
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.253
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.509
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.443
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.133
When I cold reboot the computer 5.849
And the computer reboots Tails 34.163
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.393
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.304
Given I enable persistence 14.227
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.112
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.300
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.184
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:15.409
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 8.864
# 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 30.485
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.252
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.053
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037
Tags: @product
39.429
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.410
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.506
Then persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.356
And all notifications have disappeared 8.162
When I delete the persistent partition 2.593
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.309
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:23.174
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 8.295
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.050
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.988
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.612
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032
Tags: @product
58.884
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 8.711
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.079
When I try to enable persistence 1.153
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.445
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.767
And all notifications have disappeared 7.862
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.268
And all tps features are enabled 8.913
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:48.049
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 2:2.009
And I enable persistence 28.670
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.002
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.517
And persistence is enabled 8.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.867
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 7.799
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.617
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.207
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 8.805
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.282
When I enable persistence 14.068
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.039
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.714
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.646
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.201
When I try to enable persistence 1.245
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.138
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.167
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.345
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.093
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.892
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 8.251
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.395
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.021
When I log in to a new session 8.195
And all notifications have disappeared 7.784
# 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" 0.160
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.125
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.169
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.305
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.014
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 8.010
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.560
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.247
When I try to enable persistence 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.335
When I log in to a new session 9.129
And all notifications have disappeared 7.689
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.050
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000