Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_tps-restart-gnome-software 8 14 Jun 2026, 18:23

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 21:5.957 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.628
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.002
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 1:17.299
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.224
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.234
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.237
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 8.821
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.911
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.254
And persistence is disabled 0.128
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.695
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.493
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.287
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.089
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.397
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 9.591
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.520
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.213
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
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28.267
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.647
And the system is very low on memory 3.419
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.206
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.605
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.131
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.386
And I free up some memory 0.815
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.985
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.805
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 enabled and logged in 8.380
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.267
And all tps features are active 4.754
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.856
When I disable the first tps feature 2.501
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.816
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.858
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.882
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
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12.916
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 enabled and logged in 7.656
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I disable the first tps feature 2.490
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.031
When I enable the first tps feature 2.418
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.043
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.077
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 enabled and logged in 7.449
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I disable the first tps feature 2.511
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.890
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.100
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.386
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 9.366
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.930
When I write some files expected to persist 1.006
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.414
# 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" 11.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.256
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.254
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 9.877
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.141
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.579
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.929
And I capture all network traffic 0.016
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 10.925
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.345
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.073
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045
Tags: @product
39.756
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.531
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 13.297
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.826
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.706
When I enable persistence 15.768
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.755
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.199
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.300
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.209
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.475
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.367
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.151
When I cold reboot the computer 9.092
And the computer reboots Tails 36.145
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.221
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.178
Given I enable persistence 10.332
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.078
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.228
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.470
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
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2:10.360
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 enabled and logged in 8.276
# 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 25.427
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.600
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.072
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product
37.707
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.633
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.460
Then persistence is disabled 0.101
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.691
And all notifications have disappeared 7.782
When I delete the persistent partition 2.680
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:24.950
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.532
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.066
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.520
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.572
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
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47.557
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.809
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.044
When I try to enable persistence 1.187
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.293
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.499
And all notifications have disappeared 7.650
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.327
And all tps features are enabled 4.781
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:7.011
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
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 29.654
And I enable persistence 22.259
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.279
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.601
And persistence is enabled 5.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.358
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.296
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.465
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.082
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.473
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.714
When I enable persistence 10.454
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.042
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.397
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.569
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.609
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.744
When I try to enable persistence 1.253
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.265
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.450
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.165
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.181
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.547
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.713
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 10.677
And all notifications have disappeared 9.471
# 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" 0.124
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.105
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.164
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.313
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.611
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 7.436
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.440
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.406
When I try to enable persistence 1.151
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.732
When I log in to a new session 10.203
And all notifications have disappeared 8.165
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.386
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000