Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_tps-restart-gnome-software 6 12 Jun 2026, 18:21

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 21:26.005 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.700
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.074
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.473
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.298
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.633
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.872
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.409
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.285
And persistence is disabled 0.104
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.137
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.723
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.285
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.081
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.242
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.493
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.160
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
Tags: @product
28.813
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.766
And the system is very low on memory 3.574
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.180
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.727
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.093
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.381
And I free up some memory 0.885
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.154
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.735
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.345
And all tps features are active 5.127
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.832
When I disable the first tps feature 2.489
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.005
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.808
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.060
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
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13.421
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.069
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.071
When I disable the first tps feature 2.460
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.074
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.490
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.559
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.530
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
And I disable the first tps feature 3.029
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.824
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
52.725
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.515
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 18.923
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.780
When I write some files expected to persist 1.060
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.650
# 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" 11.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:46.990
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.937
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 9.562
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.130
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.740
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.636
And I capture all network traffic 0.019
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 12.332
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.380
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.134
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.072
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37.385
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.661
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.102
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.471
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:55.043
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.638
When I enable persistence 17.017
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.885
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.365
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.338
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.220
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.461
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.397
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.162
When I cold reboot the computer 10.592
And the computer reboots Tails 36.524
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.261
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.191
Given I enable persistence 11.119
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.199
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.409
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
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2:14.172
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.287
# 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 27.889
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.372
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.544
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
Tags: @product
36.240
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.925
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.167
Then persistence is disabled 0.084
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.427
And all notifications have disappeared 7.697
When I delete the persistent partition 2.606
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.844
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.016
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.039
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.634
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.937
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
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47.062
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.174
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.045
When I try to enable persistence 1.147
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.819
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.559
And all notifications have disappeared 7.757
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.232
And all tps features are enabled 4.513
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:9.371
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
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 30.656
And I enable persistence 22.630
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.093
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.606
And persistence is enabled 5.384
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.771
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
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 7.145
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.166
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.462
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.149
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.289
When I enable persistence 9.612
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.042
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.369
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.766
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.685
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.767
When I try to enable persistence 1.341
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.347
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.514
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.157
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.113
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.068
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.155
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.968
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 11.451
And all notifications have disappeared 8.310
# 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" 0.142
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.092
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.298
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.461
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.786
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.067
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.201
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.293
When I try to enable persistence 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.682
When I log in to a new session 10.271
And all notifications have disappeared 8.760
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.555
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000