Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_add-relevant-binary-packages-script 4 11 Oct 2026, 01:45

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 23:57.774 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:2.486
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.523
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.551
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.633
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.765
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 8.432
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.209
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.213
And persistence is disabled 0.092
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:45.990
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 logged in 22.213
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.316
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.078
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.640
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.067
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.119
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.359
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.152
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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31.260
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 8.481
And the system is very low on memory 4.923
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.290
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.458
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.180
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.404
And I free up some memory 0.512
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.973
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:50.216
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 8.380
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.354
And all tps features are active 8.200
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.696
When I disable the first tps feature 2.461
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.365
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.655
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.092
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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13.323
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 7.999
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I disable the first tps feature 2.453
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.099
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.043
When I enable the first tps feature 2.440
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.045
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.546
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 enabled and logged in 7.987
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.152
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.050
And I disable the first tps feature 2.540
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.780
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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45.639
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 7.650
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 13.001
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.532
When I write some files expected to persist 1.431
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.322
# 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" 11.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:50.229
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 enabled and logged in 21.041
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 8.777
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.227
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.185
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.710
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 11.590
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.372
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.110
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.070
Tags: @product
39.808
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.378
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.094
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.807
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:52.734
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 8.317
When I enable persistence 22.130
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.868
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.327
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.396
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" 4.506
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.447
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.126
When I cold reboot the computer 6.091
And the computer reboots Tails 34.088
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.324
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.237
Given I enable persistence 13.588
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.058
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.171
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.613
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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2:5.174
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 8.178
# 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 26.917
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.377
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.446
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
38.577
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 8.201
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.517
Then persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.801
And all notifications have disappeared 8.064
When I delete the persistent partition 2.652
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.157
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 enabled and logged in 7.873
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.061
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.440
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.574
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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57.608
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 8.541
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.262
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.508
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.980
And all notifications have disappeared 8.663
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.308
And all tps features are enabled 7.751
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:43.194
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 1:59.854
And I enable persistence 26.931
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.581
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.503
And persistence is enabled 8.324
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.710
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 7.399
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.824
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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41.021
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.722
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.243
When I enable persistence 13.329
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.372
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 8.257
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.528
When I try to enable persistence 1.356
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.637
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.150
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.252
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.116
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.669
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.519
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.075
When I try to enable persistence 1.279
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.644
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 8.787
And all notifications have disappeared 6.638
# 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 0.090
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.152
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.055
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.285
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 8.168
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.606
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.273
When I try to enable persistence 1.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.318
When I log in to a new session 9.121
And all notifications have disappeared 6.761
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.184
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000