Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_add-relevant-binary-packages-script 2 09 Oct 2026, 01:44

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 23:36.403 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:14.822
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 1:31.183
And I update the APT lists using apt 36.172
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.734
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.880
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 8.566
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.501
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.252
And persistence is disabled 0.082
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:32.385
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 8.869
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.328
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.870
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.386
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.616
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.153
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
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29.164
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 8.246
And the system is very low on memory 4.067
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.325
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.584
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.099
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.385
And I free up some memory 0.566
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.842
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:45.929
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 8.583
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.359
And all tps features are active 8.012
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.755
When I disable the first tps feature 2.485
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.086
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.228
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.472
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
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13.040
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 7.633
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I disable the first tps feature 2.562
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.054
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.046
When I enable the first tps feature 2.437
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.735
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 8.167
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.086
And I disable the first tps feature 2.560
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.793
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.648
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 7.792
And the network is plugged 0.043
And Tor is ready 12.975
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.196
When I write some files expected to persist 1.114
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.292
# 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" 11.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.412
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.250
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 9.675
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.115
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.589
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.101
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 11.092
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.379
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.056
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.067
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36.541
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 8.480
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.169
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.036
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:52.028
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 8.439
When I enable persistence 22.709
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.386
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.494
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.415
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.229
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.584
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.843
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.112
When I cold reboot the computer 5.963
And the computer reboots Tails 33.265
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.349
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.235
Given I enable persistence 13.572
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.078
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.202
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.969
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
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2:10.568
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 8.245
# 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 30.398
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.315
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.146
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.462
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product
39.605
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.775
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.641
Then persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.133
And all notifications have disappeared 7.924
When I delete the persistent partition 2.758
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.290
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:20.571
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 8.105
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.192
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.997
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
Tags: @product
57.597
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 8.540
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.040
When I try to enable persistence 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.401
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.671
And all notifications have disappeared 8.302
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.300
And all tps features are enabled 7.819
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.346
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:37.037
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 1:55.660
And I enable persistence 25.424
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.779
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.497
And persistence is enabled 7.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.204
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 7.622
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.093
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
38.993
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 8.378
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.867
When I enable persistence 12.612
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.009
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 corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.633
When I try to enable persistence 1.302
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.951
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.303
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.073
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.275
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.358
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 8.344
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.209
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.568
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.066
When I log in to a new session 8.412
And all notifications have disappeared 7.107
# 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" 0.171
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.090
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.183
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.141
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.866
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 8.136
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.149
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.241
When I try to enable persistence 1.225
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.836
When I log in to a new session 7.668
And all notifications have disappeared 7.175
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.262
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000