Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21618-remove-tcpdump 1 26 May 2026, 14:28

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 21:39.112 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.743
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:23.122
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.279
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.360
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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31.548
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 9.470
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.600
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.262
And persistence is disabled 0.108
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:41.033
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.907
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.391
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.125
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.495
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.118
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.662
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.212
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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31.358
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.633
And the system is very low on memory 3.918
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.293
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.727
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.097
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.406
And I free up some memory 0.886
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.337
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:31.705
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 8.858
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.357
And all tps features are active 1.332
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.124
When I disable the first tps feature 3.116
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.343
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.924
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.570
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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13.192
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.816
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I disable the first tps feature 2.563
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.041
When I enable the first tps feature 2.427
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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13.034
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 7.290
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.115
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
And I disable the first tps feature 2.557
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.953
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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44.283
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 7.414
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 13.503
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.179
When I write some files expected to persist 1.421
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.425
# 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" 12.320
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:46.458
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 7.084
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 10.033
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.155
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.531
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.322
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 12.617
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.423
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.085
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.062
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42.322
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.120
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.065
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.974
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:54.075
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 9.321
When I enable persistence 14.614
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.072
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.214
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.483
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.411
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.607
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.331
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.166
When I cold reboot the computer 6.422
And the computer reboots Tails 39.126
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.385
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.177
Given I enable persistence 8.627
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.086
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.231
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.604
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.021
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2:27.429
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 9.177
# 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 29.689
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.544
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:19.494
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.418
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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39.332
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 8.037
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.193
Then persistence is disabled 0.159
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.329
And all notifications have disappeared 7.950
When I delete the persistent partition 3.261
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.400
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:25.007
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 7.880
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.071
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.272
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.494
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.018
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43.699
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 8.084
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.231
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.846
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.731
And all notifications have disappeared 8.002
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.304
And all tps features are enabled 1.185
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:9.782
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 32.906
And I enable persistence 22.171
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.038
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.701
And persistence is enabled 1.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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23.887
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.412
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.932
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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25.727
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 8.228
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.606
When I enable persistence 7.051
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
25.095
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 I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.652
When I try to enable persistence 1.254
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.133
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.199
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.562
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.079
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.190
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.503
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 7.969
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.397
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.191
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 12.305
And all notifications have disappeared 10.157
# 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" 0.209
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.587
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.208
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.375
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.891
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 7.722
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.296
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.356
When I try to enable persistence 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.140
When I log in to a new session 11.987
And all notifications have disappeared 8.413
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.831
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000