Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_add-relevant-binary-packages-script 5 12 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 23:55.713 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:3.129
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 1:20.111
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.845
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.525
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.495
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 8.544
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.483
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.267
And persistence is disabled 0.111
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.752
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 8.915
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.312
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.082
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.491
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.253
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.435
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.165
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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29.577
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 8.593
And the system is very low on memory 4.017
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.256
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.457
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.078
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.464
And I free up some memory 0.710
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.942
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:47.443
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 8.195
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.375
And all tps features are active 8.563
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.745
When I disable the first tps feature 2.487
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.786
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.553
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.878
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
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13.569
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 8.306
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I disable the first tps feature 2.430
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.032
When I enable the first tps feature 2.447
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.255
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 20.662
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.096
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
And I disable the first tps feature 2.497
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.879
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.951
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 8.227
And the network is plugged 0.058
And Tor is ready 12.241
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.186
When I write some files expected to persist 1.203
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.282
# 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" 11.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:52.774
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 21.133
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 8.719
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.110
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.419
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.333
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 12.458
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.345
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.071
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047
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38.394
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.518
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 11.712
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.454
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 8.925
When I enable persistence 22.233
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.248
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.887
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.263
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.326
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.493
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.370
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.147
When I cold reboot the computer 5.710
And the computer reboots Tails 33.370
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.321
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.135
Given I enable persistence 13.718
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.060
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.311
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.781
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:11.733
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 8.046
# 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 33.613
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.113
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.566
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
37.987
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 8.681
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.287
Then persistence is disabled 0.101
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.837
And all notifications have disappeared 7.339
When I delete the persistent partition 2.630
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.254
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 8.272
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.069
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.239
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.443
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045
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56.906
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 8.352
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.040
When I try to enable persistence 1.194
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.571
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.921
And all notifications have disappeared 8.058
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.342
And all tps features are enabled 8.168
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:38.856
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 1:55.756
And I enable persistence 26.992
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.990
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.557
And persistence is enabled 7.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.672
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 7.807
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.363
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.638
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 8.304
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.464
When I enable persistence 13.799
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.093
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 7.882
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.959
When I try to enable persistence 1.293
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.750
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.118
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.145
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.073
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.087
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.940
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 8.306
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.226
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.722
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.187
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 8.676
And all notifications have disappeared 7.351
# 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" 0.181
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.101
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.195
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.031
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.831
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 8.397
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.086
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.337
When I try to enable persistence 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.855
When I log in to a new session 7.865
And all notifications have disappeared 6.656
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.540
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000