Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_add-relevant-binary-packages-script 3 10 Oct 2026, 01:42

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 23:28.703 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:1.174
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 1:20.836
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.631
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.682
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.661
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 8.518
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.921
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.204
And persistence is disabled 0.068
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.679
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 8.936
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.300
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.099
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.498
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.390
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.205
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.174
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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29.684
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 8.049
And the system is very low on memory 4.178
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.169
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.845
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.080
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.331
And I free up some memory 0.522
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.468
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:47.388
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 8.796
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.306
And all tps features are active 7.432
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.125
When I disable the first tps feature 2.632
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.024
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.340
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.021
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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13.386
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 7.911
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.049
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
When I disable the first tps feature 2.681
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.042
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.042
When I enable the first tps feature 2.433
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.045
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.201
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 7.651
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.088
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
And I disable the first tps feature 2.462
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.889
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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45.694
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 8.027
And the network is plugged 0.045
And Tor is ready 12.757
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.101
When I write some files expected to persist 0.955
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.264
# 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" 11.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.273
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 8.596
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 9.629
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.126
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.409
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.644
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 11.184
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.441
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.072
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046
Tags: @product
39.849
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 8.411
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.102
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.637
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:49.170
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 8.538
When I enable persistence 22.349
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.695
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.654
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.260
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.292
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.468
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.894
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.116
When I cold reboot the computer 5.873
And the computer reboots Tails 33.639
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.273
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.240
Given I enable persistence 13.478
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.060
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.158
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.045
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:9.113
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 8.511
# 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 28.204
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.278
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.122
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045
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38.522
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 8.845
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.136
Then persistence is disabled 0.064
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.473
And all notifications have disappeared 8.146
When I delete the persistent partition 2.601
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:21.506
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 8.434
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.048
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.767
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.024
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042
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54.918
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 8.614
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.213
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.918
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.732
And all notifications have disappeared 7.845
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.232
And all tps features are enabled 7.117
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:42.364
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 1:58.267
And I enable persistence 27.489
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.641
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.540
And persistence is enabled 8.425
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.760
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 7.550
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.644
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.267
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 8.850
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.403
When I enable persistence 13.550
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.042
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.420
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.590
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 8.522
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.279
When I try to enable persistence 1.260
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.291
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.088
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.386
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.249
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.451
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.567
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 7.870
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.266
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.946
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.257
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.037
When I log in to a new session 8.331
And all notifications have disappeared 8.353
# 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" 0.133
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.095
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.185
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.159
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.927
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 8.180
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.103
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.330
When I try to enable persistence 1.199
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.349
When I log in to a new session 7.791
And all notifications have disappeared 7.165
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.120
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000