Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21546-release-process-fix-isos-git 1 07 May 2026, 19:05

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 21:45.826 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.115
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.779
And I update APT using apt 6.128
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.285
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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28.776
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 9.006
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.728
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.284
And persistence is disabled 0.120
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:35.488
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.526
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.333
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.094
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.995
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.487
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.701
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.251
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
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28.582
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.606
And the system is very low on memory 3.127
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.185
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.736
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.128
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.459
And I free up some memory 0.921
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.365
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:32.927
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.297
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.509
And all tps features are active 1.181
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.062
When I disable the first tps feature 2.572
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.186
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.662
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.204
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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13.343
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.644
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I disable the first tps feature 2.673
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.055
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.036
When I enable the first tps feature 2.582
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.083
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.394
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I disable the first tps feature 2.669
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.854
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:4.573
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.244
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 23.239
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.298
When I write some files expected to persist 1.218
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.966
# 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?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 12.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:23.249
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.598
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 16.986
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.152
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.429
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.512
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 22.876
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.398
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.060
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041
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39.296
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.620
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.075
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.253
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.346
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:50.439
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.894
When I enable persistence 12.947
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.659
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.558
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.338
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.236
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.580
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.908
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.155
When I cold reboot the computer 10.254
And the computer reboots Tails 37.867
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.243
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.207
Given I enable persistence 7.582
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.112
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.286
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.453
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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2:10.466
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.534
# 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 26.295
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.520
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.683
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.433
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.355
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
39.533
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.391
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.066
Then persistence is disabled 0.085
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.563
And all notifications have disappeared 8.202
When I delete the persistent partition 2.847
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:25.784
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.631
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.056
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.609
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.201
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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41.298
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.323
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.680
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.031
And all notifications have disappeared 7.698
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.245
And all tps features are enabled 1.063
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:4.808
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 31.618
And I enable persistence 20.140
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.585
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.718
And persistence is enabled 1.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.289
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.193
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.505
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.654
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.320
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.086
When I enable persistence 6.573
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.039
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.520
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.984
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.037
When I try to enable persistence 1.312
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.347
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.457
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.147
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.107
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.819
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.499
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.141
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 11.124
And all notifications have disappeared 8.614
# 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" 0.207
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.841
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.355
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.378
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.485
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.993
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.672
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.376
When I try to enable persistence 1.171
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.709
When I log in to a new session 10.281
And all notifications have disappeared 9.570
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.965
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000