Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21322-tails-testers-migration 1 27 Aug 2026, 12:31

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 22:43.131 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.571
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 1:19.460
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.188
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.200
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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41.605
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 21.699
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.256
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.217
And persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.344
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.216
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 8.849
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.323
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.174
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.120
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 5.396
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.110
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.142
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
Tags: @product
30.596
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 8.131
And the system is very low on memory 5.591
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.130
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.465
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.101
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.405
And I free up some memory 0.651
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.076
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:48.545
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 8.291
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.275
And all tps features are active 8.359
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.717
When I disable the first tps feature 2.515
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.574
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.840
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.718
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039
Tags: @product
13.160
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 7.762
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.099
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I disable the first tps feature 2.566
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.044
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.031
When I enable the first tps feature 2.426
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.616
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 7.718
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
And I disable the first tps feature 2.491
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.218
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.454
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 8.160
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 9.479
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.243
When I write some files expected to persist 1.065
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.158
# 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" 11.305
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.940
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 7.684
And the network is plugged 0.049
And Tor is ready 8.532
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.151
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.476
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.932
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 12.476
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.363
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.139
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039
Tags: @product
39.478
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.528
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.071
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.480
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.398
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:52.110
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 8.666
When I enable persistence 21.956
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.092
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.151
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.401
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.305
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.587
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.990
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.132
When I cold reboot the computer 6.061
And the computer reboots Tails 33.990
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.292
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.102
Given I enable persistence 14.201
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.079
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.311
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.640
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
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2:3.341
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 8.519
# 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 27.132
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.897
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.699
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product
37.239
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.084
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.755
Then persistence is disabled 0.079
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.977
And all notifications have disappeared 8.448
When I delete the persistent partition 2.601
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:13.185
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 8.171
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.057
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.223
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.553
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
53.006
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 7.747
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.146
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.685
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.013
And all notifications have disappeared 7.495
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.266
And all tps features are enabled 7.160
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:38.652
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 1:59.419
And I enable persistence 24.908
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.553
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.522
And persistence is enabled 7.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.000
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 7.396
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.165
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
38.250
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 8.170
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.904
When I enable persistence 12.355
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.546
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 7.732
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.575
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.106
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.234
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.349
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.101
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.506
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 7.553
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.043
When I try to enable persistence 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.039
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.240
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 1.022
When I log in to a new session 8.108
And all notifications have disappeared 7.175
# 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" 0.121
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.061
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.136
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.036
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.106
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 7.736
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.791
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.231
When I try to enable persistence 1.225
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.221
When I log in to a new session 6.829
And all notifications have disappeared 6.811
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.390
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000