Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21575-dirtyfrag 1 08 May 2026, 13:56

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 22:9.966 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.676
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 1:22.435
And I update APT using apt 6.819
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.403
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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30.620
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 8.869
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.499
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.252
And persistence is disabled 0.101
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:46.549
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.486
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.315
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.114
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.603
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.562
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.581
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.611
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.215
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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29.758
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 logged in 7.518
And the system is very low on memory 3.686
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.220
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.191
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.130
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.519
And I free up some memory 0.976
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.442
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:37.049
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 9.290
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.380
And all tps features are active 1.317
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.241
When I disable the first tps feature 2.578
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.178
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.233
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.524
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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13.654
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 7.968
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.092
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.096
When I disable the first tps feature 2.648
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.067
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.051
When I enable the first tps feature 2.521
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.724
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.834
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.083
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
And I disable the first tps feature 2.643
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.043
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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59.567
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 8.016
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 17.223
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.267
When I write some files expected to persist 1.181
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.691
# 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" 13.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:26.871
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 7.643
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 18.658
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.133
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.162
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:17.163
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 23.476
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.381
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.075
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057
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42.108
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.872
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.078
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.787
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.369
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:51.632
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 9.025
When I enable persistence 14.253
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.819
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.879
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.314
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.231
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.548
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.478
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.145
When I cold reboot the computer 9.087
And the computer reboots Tails 37.263
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.264
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.205
Given I enable persistence 7.307
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.304
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.213
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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2:11.422
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 8.058
# 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 28.718
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.321
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.570
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.455
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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37.642
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 7.777
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.168
Then persistence is disabled 0.117
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.495
And all notifications have disappeared 7.795
When I delete the persistent partition 2.958
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:22.244
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 7.981
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.063
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.326
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.582
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.290
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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41.104
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 7.608
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.045
When I try to enable persistence 1.247
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.927
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.855
And all notifications have disappeared 7.617
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.418
And all tps features are enabled 1.148
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:6.887
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 31.021
And I enable persistence 22.363
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.091
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.663
And persistence is enabled 1.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.947
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.055
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.274
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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25.775
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 8.748
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.702
When I enable persistence 7.347
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.020
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 7.603
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.734
When I try to enable persistence 1.361
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.438
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.516
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.172
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.460
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 7.232
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.082
When I try to enable persistence 1.203
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.747
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.216
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I log in to a new session 10.967
And all notifications have disappeared 9.478
# 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" 0.205
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.575
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.318
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.353
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.248
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 7.611
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.512
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.369
When I try to enable persistence 1.223
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.992
When I log in to a new session 11.214
And all notifications have disappeared 8.092
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.532
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000