Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_late-patch-improvements 1 12 Nov 2026, 20:21

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 23:30.452 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:1.579
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.238
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.065
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.627
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.914
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 8.640
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.325
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.187
And persistence is disabled 0.077
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:32.501
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 8.724
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.270
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.086
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.511
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.936
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.714
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.168
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
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29.503
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 8.232
And the system is very low on memory 4.216
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.290
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.058
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.085
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.379
And I free up some memory 0.431
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.766
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:48.931
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 8.356
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.312
And all tps features are active 8.843
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.759
When I disable the first tps feature 2.438
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.589
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.337
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.957
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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13.200
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 7.833
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I disable the first tps feature 2.581
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.051
When I enable the first tps feature 2.418
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.442
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 7.644
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
And I disable the first tps feature 2.657
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.983
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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45.468
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 7.853
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 12.408
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.888
When I write some files expected to persist 0.961
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.255
# 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" 12.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.741
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 7.489
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 8.452
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.112
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.233
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.038
And I capture all network traffic 0.012
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 11.756
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.381
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.083
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.080
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39.418
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 8.612
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.098
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.958
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:52.176
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 8.504
When I enable persistence 22.088
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.024
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.287
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.194
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.122
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.463
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.808
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.130
When I cold reboot the computer 7.371
And the computer reboots Tails 33.489
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.256
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.099
Given I enable persistence 13.747
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.079
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.122
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.258
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:20.002
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 21.236
# 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 27.690
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.949
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.390
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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37.407
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 8.083
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.102
Then persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.736
And all notifications have disappeared 8.465
When I delete the persistent partition 2.557
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:15.793
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 7.768
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.048
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.556
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.203
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.075
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55.149
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 8.188
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.074
When I try to enable persistence 1.191
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.052
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.516
And all notifications have disappeared 8.325
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.222
And all tps features are enabled 8.033
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:36.921
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 1:55.001
And I enable persistence 26.384
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.380
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.534
And persistence is enabled 7.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.668
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 7.313
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.783
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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40.899
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 8.896
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.371
When I enable persistence 12.405
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.249
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.419
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.951
When I try to enable persistence 1.304
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.763
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.124
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.265
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.075
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.205
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.360
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 8.071
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.586
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.078
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 9.077
And all notifications have disappeared 8.031
# 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" 0.123
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.073
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.155
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.085
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.123
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 8.368
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.639
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.295
When I try to enable persistence 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.897
When I log in to a new session 9.035
And all notifications have disappeared 7.684
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.143
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000