Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_post-7.15.1-release-process 3 24 Oct 2026, 19:29

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 24:15.818 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:1.882
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 1:19.563
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.107
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.547
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.015
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.023
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.789
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.102
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.266
And persistence is disabled 0.082
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.661
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 8.357
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.335
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.323
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.472
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.856
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.144
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052
Tags: @product
28.374
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 8.031
And the system is very low on memory 3.560
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.208
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.497
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.166
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.488
And I free up some memory 0.480
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.892
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:49.039
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 8.271
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.342
And all tps features are active 8.223
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.549
When I disable the first tps feature 2.407
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.072
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.388
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.688
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
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13.195
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 7.920
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I disable the first tps feature 2.445
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.044
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.055
When I enable the first tps feature 2.455
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.393
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 7.795
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
And I disable the first tps feature 2.545
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.903
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
58.880
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 20.598
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 12.965
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.085
When I write some files expected to persist 1.129
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.296
# 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" 11.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.389
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.151
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 7.671
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 8.789
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.108
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.324
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.370
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 11.204
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.409
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.097
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051
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39.350
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 8.241
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.077
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.607
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.424
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:52.330
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 8.337
When I enable persistence 22.367
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.901
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.200
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.375
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.273
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.568
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.294
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.138
When I cold reboot the computer 6.215
And the computer reboots Tails 33.876
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.292
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.286
Given I enable persistence 13.450
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.062
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.134
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.389
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
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2:6.703
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 8.411
# 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 27.727
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.449
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.553
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
37.403
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 7.677
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.265
Then persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.274
And all notifications have disappeared 8.151
When I delete the persistent partition 2.670
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:15.026
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 7.905
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.047
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.405
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.495
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
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53.919
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 7.859
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.981
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.244
And all notifications have disappeared 8.583
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.310
And all tps features are enabled 7.886
And all tps features but the first one are active 6.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:23.793
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 2:36.412
And I enable persistence 29.117
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.659
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.468
And persistence is enabled 10.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.289
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 7.532
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.182
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.729
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 8.202
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.400
When I enable persistence 15.992
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.917
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 8.122
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.659
When I try to enable persistence 1.297
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.912
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.095
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.225
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.039
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.245
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.318
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.814
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 7.765
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.148
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.130
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 8.018
And all notifications have disappeared 7.272
# 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" 0.155
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.108
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.172
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.035
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.945
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 7.594
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.013
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.215
When I try to enable persistence 1.221
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.545
When I log in to a new session 7.532
And all notifications have disappeared 7.949
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.201
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 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000