Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21170-upgrade-trixie-13.5 1 18 May 2026, 13:46

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 20:47.146 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.647
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.688
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.361
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.342
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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28.483
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.679
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.809
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.209
And persistence is disabled 0.098
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.681
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.582
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.304
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.120
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.434
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.068
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.644
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.269
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.200
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.048
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28.850
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.724
And the system is very low on memory 3.595
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.191
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.656
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.125
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.551
And I free up some memory 0.924
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.030
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:32.140
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.707
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.393
And all tps features are active 1.389
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.105
When I disable the first tps feature 2.591
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.374
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.709
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.655
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.017
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12.618
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.289
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I disable the first tps feature 2.490
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.038
When I enable the first tps feature 2.424
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
13.100
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.230
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.084
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
And I disable the first tps feature 2.752
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.874
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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40.497
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.379
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 10.235
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.205
When I write some files expected to persist 1.169
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.381
# 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" 12.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:39.181
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.179
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 10.256
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.220
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.969
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.475
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 11.505
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.383
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.066
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.059
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38.999
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.367
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.067
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.150
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.414
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:49.420
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.303
When I enable persistence 13.014
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.860
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.324
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.328
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.253
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.520
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.987
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.150
When I cold reboot the computer 9.332
And the computer reboots Tails 38.873
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.350
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.167
Given I enable persistence 7.653
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.214
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.875
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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2:14.792
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.289
# 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 28.135
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.692
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.388
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.334
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
38.783
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.328
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.830
Then persistence is disabled 0.105
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.715
And all notifications have disappeared 7.785
When I delete the persistent partition 2.686
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.333
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:24.703
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.288
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.061
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.458
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.660
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
42.904
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.275
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.481
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.142
And all notifications have disappeared 8.260
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.295
And all tps features are enabled 1.092
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:5.528
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 31.980
And I enable persistence 20.088
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.382
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.503
And persistence is enabled 1.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.255
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.119
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.576
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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27.092
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.609
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.210
When I enable persistence 7.448
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
26.369
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.282
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.222
When I try to enable persistence 1.293
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.597
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.511
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.202
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.650
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.665
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.098
When I try to enable persistence 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.427
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.144
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.039
When I log in to a new session 11.459
And all notifications have disappeared 9.158
# 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" 0.148
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.082
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.177
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.399
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.446
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.675
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.879
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.308
When I try to enable persistence 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.999
When I log in to a new session 11.976
And all notifications have disappeared 7.953
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.766
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000