Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_post-7.14-release-process 3 30 Sep 2026, 02:17

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 23:28.287 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.702
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 1:20.197
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.630
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.193
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.494
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.442
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 8.610
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.652
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.191
And persistence is disabled 0.078
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:49.111
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 22.492
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.280
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.086
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.398
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
When 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 1:1.348
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.162
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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28.701
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 7.995
And the system is very low on memory 4.213
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.364
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.520
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.102
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.349
And I free up some memory 0.463
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.651
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:49.864
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 8.542
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.294
And all tps features are active 7.633
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.016
When I disable the first tps feature 2.505
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.227
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.611
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.875
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.430
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 8.041
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.089
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.080
When I disable the first tps feature 2.482
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.070
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.039
When I enable the first tps feature 2.432
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.533
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 7.981
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.081
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
And I disable the first tps feature 2.522
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.806
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.936
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 7.777
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 7.896
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.088
When I write some files expected to persist 0.942
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.449
# 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" 11.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.199
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 7.922
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 8.187
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.117
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.371
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.579
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 12.288
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.397
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.074
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.093
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37.159
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.717
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.088
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.098
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:48.657
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 8.555
When I enable persistence 21.082
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.093
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.328
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.390
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.138
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.511
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.867
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.113
When I cold reboot the computer 5.970
And the computer reboots Tails 32.440
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.314
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.285
Given I enable persistence 12.783
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.084
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.298
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.248
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:7.459
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 8.212
# 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 27.838
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.255
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.814
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.337
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
38.688
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 8.519
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.739
Then persistence is disabled 0.119
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.681
And all notifications have disappeared 8.677
When I delete the persistent partition 2.638
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.100
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 33.996
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.061
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.183
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.591
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
55.727
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 8.434
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.644
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.383
And all notifications have disappeared 8.158
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.254
And all tps features are enabled 7.850
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:40.138
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 1:58.372
And I enable persistence 25.572
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.937
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.487
And persistence is enabled 7.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.692
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 7.674
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.517
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.433
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 8.237
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.750
When I enable persistence 12.187
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.034
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.380
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 8.035
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.146
When I try to enable persistence 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.319
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.116
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.464
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.241
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.858
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 8.131
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.081
When I try to enable persistence 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.540
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.152
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I log in to a new session 7.702
And all notifications have disappeared 8.360
# 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" 0.227
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.081
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.226
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.217
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 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.068
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 8.445
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.830
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.261
When I try to enable persistence 1.187
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.353
When I log in to a new session 7.665
And all notifications have disappeared 7.126
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.226
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000