Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21153-zstd-iuks 1 22 Jul 2026, 20:52

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 20:48.266 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.596
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 1:17.839
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.681
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.242
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.656
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 8.139
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.758
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.249
And persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.101
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 8.156
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.413
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.118
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.270
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.735
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.135
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.177
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product
29.063
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.147
And the system is very low on memory 4.624
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.220
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.795
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.127
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.425
And I free up some memory 0.811
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.866
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.054
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 7.887
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.319
And all tps features are active 4.583
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.963
When I disable the first tps feature 2.499
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.947
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.705
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.399
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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12.482
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 7.088
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.099
When I disable the first tps feature 2.523
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.061
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.047
When I enable the first tps feature 2.408
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.649
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 7.098
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.049
And I disable the first tps feature 2.494
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.880
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.058
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 7.154
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 9.676
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.974
When I write some files expected to persist 1.080
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.261
# 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" 11.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.785
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 7.103
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 9.931
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.120
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.290
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.238
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.484
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.405
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.059
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.070
Tags: @product
38.689
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 8.068
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.084
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.957
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.768
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 8.098
When I enable persistence 18.107
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.526
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.074
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.350
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" 4.478
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.861
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.133
When I cold reboot the computer 5.999
And the computer reboots Tails 35.321
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.280
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.173
Given I enable persistence 10.650
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.254
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.031
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:4.951
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.858
# 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 27.729
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.375
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.265
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
39.227
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.975
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.593
Then persistence is disabled 0.084
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.466
And all notifications have disappeared 8.104
When I delete the persistent partition 2.649
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.353
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:18.768
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 7.381
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.082
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.345
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.689
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product
50.104
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 7.807
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.889
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.454
And all notifications have disappeared 7.700
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.340
And all tps features are enabled 4.677
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:9.345
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 31.356
And I enable persistence 23.578
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.784
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.524
And persistence is enabled 5.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
24.871
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 7.012
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 17.396
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.798
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 7.468
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.158
When I enable persistence 9.968
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.578
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 7.046
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.319
When I try to enable persistence 1.295
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.207
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.153
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.521
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.180
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.542
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 6.957
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.108
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.155
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 9.852
And all notifications have disappeared 8.660
# 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" 0.141
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.374
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.189
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.192
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.169
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 7.031
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.456
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.296
When I try to enable persistence 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.823
When I log in to a new session 9.400
And all notifications have disappeared 8.974
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.256
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000