Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_migrate-vms 3 07 Oct 2026, 03:41

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 23:48.917 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:4.078
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 1:20.487
And I update the APT lists using apt 36.074
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.679
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.532
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 9.318
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.731
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.207
And persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.037
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 9.453
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.294
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.106
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.131
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.329
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.480
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.145
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
29.726
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 8.803
And the system is very low on memory 3.788
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.212
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.335
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.210
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.357
And I free up some memory 0.546
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.415
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:54.588
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 8.281
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.387
And all tps features are active 9.673
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.105
When I disable the first tps feature 2.577
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.693
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.410
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.830
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
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13.549
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 8.339
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I disable the first tps feature 2.456
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.043
When I enable the first tps feature 2.390
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.432
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 7.846
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.114
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I disable the first tps feature 2.565
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.796
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.821
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 7.700
And the network is plugged 0.126
And Tor is ready 11.471
And I take note of which tps features are available 8.438
When I write some files expected to persist 1.126
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.582
# 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" 11.375
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.451
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.738
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 8.017
And the network is plugged 0.073
And Tor is ready 9.230
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.122
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.306
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.904
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 10.418
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.401
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.087
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.099
Tags: @product
38.194
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.683
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.080
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.786
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:51.354
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 8.622
When I enable persistence 22.285
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.464
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.897
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.379
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.361
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.594
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.007
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.133
When I cold reboot the computer 7.022
And the computer reboots Tails 34.034
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.309
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.251
Given I enable persistence 13.430
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.087
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.295
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.058
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:6.848
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 8.206
# 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 28.908
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.096
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.515
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
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37.887
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 8.253
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.949
Then persistence is disabled 0.103
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.663
And all notifications have disappeared 8.022
When I delete the persistent partition 2.639
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:29.568
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 21.241
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.065
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.326
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.716
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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57.496
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 7.934
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.712
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.061
And all notifications have disappeared 8.623
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.221
And all tps features are enabled 8.004
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:41.698
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 1:59.125
And I enable persistence 26.171
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.548
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.572
And persistence is enabled 8.280
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.781
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 7.491
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.766
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
38.784
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 8.690
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.014
When I enable persistence 13.139
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.039
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.395
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 7.974
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.457
When I try to enable persistence 1.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.973
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.240
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.199
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.041
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.204
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.495
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 7.734
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.070
When I try to enable persistence 1.130
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.907
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.092
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 7.776
And all notifications have disappeared 8.458
# 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" 0.111
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.089
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.214
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.047
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.906
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 7.633
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.666
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.233
When I try to enable persistence 1.129
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.234
When I log in to a new session 6.765
And all notifications have disappeared 8.143
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.145
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000