Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_5494-snowflake 45 16 Apr 2026, 11:42

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 26:55.109 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:18.689
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:2.621
And I update APT using apt 8.741
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.260
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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48.979
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 9.350
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 24.423
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.323
And persistence is disabled 0.106
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 14.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:5.614
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.796
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.390
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.115
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 35.818
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.499
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.629
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.101
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.200
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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39.814
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.243
And the system is very low on memory 11.966
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.131
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.820
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.094
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.363
And I free up some memory 0.971
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.162
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:42.244
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.135
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.392
And all tps features are active 1.425
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.180
When I disable the first tps feature 3.095
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.466
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.511
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.731
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.306
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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14.054
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.475
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.090
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I disable the first tps feature 2.656
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.047
When I enable the first tps feature 2.495
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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14.478
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.485
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.147
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.083
And I disable the first tps feature 3.172
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.542
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:13.039
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.833
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 23.559
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.395
When I write some files expected to persist 1.574
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 26.187
# 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?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 13.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.396
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:36.242
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.220
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 19.651
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.151
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.435
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:20.298
And I capture all network traffic 0.019
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 22.759
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.441
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.076
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.080
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58.411
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 9.909
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.163
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 27.848
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.489
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.383
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:10.134
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 10.061
When I enable persistence 24.521
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.859
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.635
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.340
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.310
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.573
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.044
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.174
When I cold reboot the computer 11.251
And the computer reboots Tails 40.059
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.243
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.179
Given I enable persistence 7.235
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.084
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.209
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.173
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:41.161
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 22.243
# 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 38.575
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.559
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:10.296
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
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46.784
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.971
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.393
Then persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.443
And all notifications have disappeared 8.778
When I delete the persistent partition 2.749
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:33.901
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.031
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.626
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.064
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.997
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.991
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047
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52.410
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.957
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.105
When I try to enable persistence 1.279
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.382
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.992
And all notifications have disappeared 8.572
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.580
And all tps features are enabled 1.388
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:20.996
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
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 38.146
And I enable persistence 27.536
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.906
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.699
And persistence is enabled 1.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.082
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.246
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.229
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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52.740
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.562
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 33.748
When I enable persistence 8.552
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.165
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.622
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 16.621
When I try to enable persistence 1.312
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.894
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.972
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.069
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.275
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
53.033
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.816
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.141
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.153
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I log in to a new session 14.218
And all notifications have disappeared 9.036
# 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" 0.238
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.456
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.284
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.666
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
54.129
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.261
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 16.930
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.321
When I try to enable persistence 1.250
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.416
When I log in to a new session 12.896
And all notifications have disappeared 8.532
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.613
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000