Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21603-fragnesia 1 14 May 2026, 19:24

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 21:52.250 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.519
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 1:20.556
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.265
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.269
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.428
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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32.166
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 9.457
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.478
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.299
And persistence is disabled 0.105
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:57.206
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 22.006
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.289
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.109
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.046
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.965
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.495
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.200
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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30.852
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.616
And the system is very low on memory 3.950
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.234
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.959
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.126
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.440
And I free up some memory 0.936
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.535
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001
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1:34.615
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 8.931
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.281
And all tps features are active 1.203
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.360
When I disable the first tps feature 2.592
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.784
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.267
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.847
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010
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14.018
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.641
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.086
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.075
When I disable the first tps feature 2.511
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.057
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.425
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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13.214
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 7.427
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
And I disable the first tps feature 2.646
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.940
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
40.763
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 7.451
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 12.776
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.248
When I write some files expected to persist 1.407
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.459
# 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" 13.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:47.462
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 enabled and logged in 7.266
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 10.441
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.184
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.677
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.601
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 11.641
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.429
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.066
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.055
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43.367
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.302
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.093
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.125
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:58.895
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 9.110
When I enable persistence 16.390
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.726
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.667
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.472
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.260
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.555
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.568
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.151
When I cold reboot the computer 10.743
And the computer reboots Tails 39.839
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.263
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.195
Given I enable persistence 8.067
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.072
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.242
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.377
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.185
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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2:14.011
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 8.517
# 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 24.798
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.574
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.604
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 25.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
40.406
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 8.423
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.575
Then persistence is disabled 0.115
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.830
And all notifications have disappeared 8.267
When I delete the persistent partition 2.801
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:26.084
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 8.204
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.056
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.541
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.939
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.342
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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45.194
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.888
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.042
When I try to enable persistence 1.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.965
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.500
And all notifications have disappeared 8.433
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.339
And all tps features are enabled 1.658
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:8.016
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 33.840
And I enable persistence 21.738
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.896
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.692
And persistence is enabled 1.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.516
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.369
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.531
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
27.374
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 8.426
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.800
When I enable persistence 8.171
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
26.392
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 7.952
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.544
When I try to enable persistence 2.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.407
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.199
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.554
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.143
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.330
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.802
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 7.851
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.070
When I try to enable persistence 1.187
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.035
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.285
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 11.934
And all notifications have disappeared 10.879
# 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" 0.212
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.587
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.232
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.688
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.368
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.785
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.529
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.389
When I try to enable persistence 1.267
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.557
When I log in to a new session 13.645
And all notifications have disappeared 8.906
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.513
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000