Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21641-update-moat-frontends 1 13 Aug 2026, 15:22

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 24:31.936 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:54.926
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:40.823
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.926
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.340
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.610
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 9.151
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.258
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.208
And persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.433
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.981
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.282
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.103
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.941
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 6.921
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.909
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.203
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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32.963
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.890
And the system is very low on memory 5.091
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.130
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.631
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.158
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.402
And I free up some memory 0.861
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.751
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:56.815
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.898
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.337
And all tps features are active 8.643
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.842
When I disable the first tps feature 2.535
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.878
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.699
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.199
Then all tps features but the first one are active 10.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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14.087
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.044
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I disable the first tps feature 3.158
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.044
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.056
When I enable the first tps feature 2.483
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.652
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.806
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
And I disable the first tps feature 2.740
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.925
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.275
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.427
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 11.571
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.645
When I write some files expected to persist 1.143
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.328
# 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" 12.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.255
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.908
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 10.357
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.132
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.495
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.733
And I capture all network traffic 0.013
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 11.015
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.351
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.068
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.070
Tags: @product
41.559
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.939
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.095
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.436
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:59.235
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.638
When I enable persistence 24.392
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.855
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.264
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.405
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.312
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.532
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.489
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.114
When I cold reboot the computer 5.955
And the computer reboots Tails 35.653
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.351
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.279
Given I enable persistence 14.733
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.090
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.183
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.865
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
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2:11.638
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.629
# 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 30.158
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.239
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.271
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.339
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
39.674
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.855
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.743
Then persistence is disabled 0.122
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.458
And all notifications have disappeared 7.496
When I delete the persistent partition 2.697
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.300
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:24.130
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.674
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.081
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.946
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.213
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
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1:1.531
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.400
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.097
When I try to enable persistence 1.230
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.373
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.195
And all notifications have disappeared 8.700
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.232
And all tps features are enabled 8.611
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:49.823
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 2:6.188
And I enable persistence 27.436
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.597
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.508
And persistence is enabled 8.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.255
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.046
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.702
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.506
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.229
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.880
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.222
When I enable persistence 13.906
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.104
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.886
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.677
When I try to enable persistence 1.314
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.625
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.233
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.416
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.097
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.209
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.346
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.293
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.123
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 8.948
And all notifications have disappeared 7.593
# 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" 0.173
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.084
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.250
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.148
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.729
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.586
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.770
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.314
When I try to enable persistence 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.356
When I log in to a new session 9.602
And all notifications have disappeared 6.966
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.078
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000