Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21644-desktop-file-dirs-mount-monitoring 3 10 Aug 2026, 16:51

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 23:9.593 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.135
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 1:19.158
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.982
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.212
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.330
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 8.652
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.291
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.197
And persistence is disabled 0.089
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.580
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 8.648
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.326
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.097
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.827
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.643
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.752
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.187
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
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29.607
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.057
And the system is very low on memory 4.892
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.171
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.512
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.139
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.387
And I free up some memory 0.466
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.936
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:50.681
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 8.568
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.311
And all tps features are active 8.117
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.635
When I disable the first tps feature 2.502
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.761
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.497
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.916
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.471
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
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13.047
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 7.646
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.106
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.048
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.084
When I disable the first tps feature 2.541
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.034
When I enable the first tps feature 2.427
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.664
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 21.204
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.087
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.075
And I disable the first tps feature 2.474
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.782
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.969
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 7.583
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 8.448
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.390
When I write some files expected to persist 0.921
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.288
# 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" 11.299
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.047
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 7.555
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 9.589
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.106
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.268
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.690
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 11.241
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.358
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.072
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053
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39.586
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.291
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.057
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.008
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:48.799
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 8.418
When I enable persistence 21.956
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.340
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.038
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.385
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.281
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.541
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.635
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.164
When I cold reboot the computer 5.902
And the computer reboots Tails 33.520
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.309
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.232
Given I enable persistence 13.390
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.062
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.137
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.342
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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2:9.974
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 8.670
# 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 32.514
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.392
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.873
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
38.159
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 7.987
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.705
Then persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.954
And all notifications have disappeared 8.508
When I delete the persistent partition 2.680
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:17.251
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 7.748
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.062
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.314
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.928
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
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57.369
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 8.244
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.087
When I try to enable persistence 1.172
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.476
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.364
And all notifications have disappeared 8.193
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.263
And all tps features are enabled 7.818
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:43.895
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 2:0.491
And I enable persistence 27.153
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.675
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.523
And persistence is enabled 8.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.823
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 7.211
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.113
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.981
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 8.719
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.217
When I enable persistence 13.634
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.041
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.367
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.809
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 8.159
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.355
When I try to enable persistence 1.241
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.914
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.117
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.087
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.263
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 7.903
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.115
When I try to enable persistence 1.295
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.188
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 8.413
And all notifications have disappeared 7.883
# 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" 0.172
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.112
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.145
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.033
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.615
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 8.090
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.381
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.327
When I try to enable persistence 1.270
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.300
When I log in to a new session 8.497
And all notifications have disappeared 6.707
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.098
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000