Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21348-migrate-away-from-sysadmin-team-container-images 4 17 Jun 2026, 19:29

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 22:7.433 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.085
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.770
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.176
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.249
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.600
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 9.189
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.675
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.287
And persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.352
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:47.053
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.876
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.359
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.148
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.679
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.885
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.704
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.243
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
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29.071
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.985
And the system is very low on memory 3.344
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.198
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.663
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.086
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.402
And I free up some memory 1.082
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.255
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:48.628
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 8.423
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.299
And all tps features are active 5.404
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.013
When I disable the first tps feature 2.446
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.840
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.219
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.377
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
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13.458
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.077
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.601
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.097
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I disable the first tps feature 3.012
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.060
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.036
When I enable the first tps feature 2.422
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.306
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 enabled and logged in 7.539
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
And I disable the first tps feature 2.659
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.937
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.119
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 7.304
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 13.461
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.025
When I write some files expected to persist 1.160
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.821
# 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" 12.325
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.500
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 7.811
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 10.235
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.117
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.685
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.484
And I capture all network traffic 0.041
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 11.552
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.382
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.080
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.065
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40.641
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.023
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.298
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 14.932
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:0.531
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.030
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.170
When I enable persistence 17.179
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.846
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.689
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.300
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.262
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.474
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.379
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.164
When I cold reboot the computer 10.574
And the computer reboots Tails 37.752
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.243
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.168
Given I enable persistence 12.175
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.081
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.209
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.698
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
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2:13.840
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.053
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.784
# 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 26.966
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.259
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.979
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product
38.962
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 9.015
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.042
Then persistence is disabled 0.122
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.714
And all notifications have disappeared 7.961
When I delete the persistent partition 2.694
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.411
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:28.370
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 8.213
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.070
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.218
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.597
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
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49.614
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 8.076
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.763
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.891
And all notifications have disappeared 7.856
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.294
And all tps features are enabled 5.378
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:12.438
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 30.233
And I enable persistence 24.790
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.099
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.603
And persistence is enabled 5.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.058
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.021
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 7.420
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.052
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.820
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 8.238
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.959
When I enable persistence 11.964
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.607
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 7.687
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.302
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.368
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.397
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.067
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.167
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.392
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.194
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 7.878
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.073
When I try to enable persistence 1.146
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.175
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.187
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I log in to a new session 11.514
And all notifications have disappeared 9.004
# 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" 0.161
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.422
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.206
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.639
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.530
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 8.078
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.545
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.368
When I try to enable persistence 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.098
When I log in to a new session 10.293
And all notifications have disappeared 8.959
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.376
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000