Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_tps-restart-gnome-software 5 12 Jun 2026, 12:37

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 21:45.915 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.385
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 1:19.563
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.662
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.262
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.300
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 8.647
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.062
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.322
And persistence is disabled 0.115
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.936
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.046
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.817
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.465
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.103
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.737
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.098
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.454
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.017
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.199
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
Tags: @product
29.527
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.020
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.998
And the system is very low on memory 3.674
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.190
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.511
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.171
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.447
And I free up some memory 0.797
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.680
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:49.069
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 8.956
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.339
And all tps features are active 5.435
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.920
When I disable the first tps feature 2.502
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.070
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.137
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.047
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
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13.493
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 8.021
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I disable the first tps feature 2.582
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.048
When I enable the first tps feature 2.506
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.898
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 8.150
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.086
And I disable the first tps feature 2.682
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.855
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.462
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 enabled and logged in 7.524
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.399
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.454
When I write some files expected to persist 1.170
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.786
# 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" 12.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.694
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 7.755
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 10.103
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 5.747
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.727
And I capture all network traffic 0.021
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 12.509
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.407
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.166
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.060
Tags: @product
42.101
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.066
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.087
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.271
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:56.387
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.124
When I enable persistence 18.224
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.754
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.341
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.298
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.321
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.525
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.513
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.147
When I cold reboot the computer 9.641
And the computer reboots Tails 36.497
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.340
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.182
Given I enable persistence 11.054
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.078
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.232
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.940
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
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2:20.015
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.793
# 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 31.666
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.711
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.948
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028
Tags: @product
40.969
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.651
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.844
Then persistence is disabled 0.111
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.954
And all notifications have disappeared 8.267
When I delete the persistent partition 2.783
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.356
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:24.757
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.042
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.888
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.399
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.209
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
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46.950
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.842
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.136
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.621
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.045
And all notifications have disappeared 7.676
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.221
And all tps features are enabled 4.498
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:8.864
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.022
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 30.568
And I enable persistence 22.790
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.735
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.652
And persistence is enabled 5.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.705
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.084
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.119
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.264
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 8.191
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.296
When I enable persistence 10.364
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.312
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 7.768
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.453
When I try to enable persistence 1.228
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.468
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.371
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.143
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.019
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 7.559
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.191
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.416
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 10.645
And all notifications have disappeared 9.385
# 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" 0.202
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.088
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.140
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.473
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.800
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 7.869
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.059
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.268
When I try to enable persistence 1.236
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.080
When I log in to a new session 9.623
And all notifications have disappeared 8.523
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.413
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000