Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21644-desktop-file-dirs-mount-monitoring 5 12 Aug 2026, 11:00

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 26:4.668 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.160
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 1:21.592
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.508
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.266
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.061
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 8.452
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.110
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.274
And persistence is disabled 0.077
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.435
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 9.035
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.363
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.094
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.875
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.038
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.258
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.516
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.193
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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31.157
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 8.412
And the system is very low on memory 4.794
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.193
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.980
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.268
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.599
And I free up some memory 0.665
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.194
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:53.327
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 enabled and logged in 8.948
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.316
And all tps features are active 8.836
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.897
When I disable the first tps feature 3.100
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.179
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.454
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.356
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
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13.783
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.389
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.091
When I disable the first tps feature 2.543
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.056
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.030
When I enable the first tps feature 2.436
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.040
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.497
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 enabled and logged in 7.956
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
And I disable the first tps feature 2.546
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.819
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
51.972
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 8.077
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 18.017
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.231
When I write some files expected to persist 1.029
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.354
# 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" 12.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.294
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.643
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 7.866
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 10.057
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.129
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.198
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.648
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 11.117
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.388
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.060
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.127
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41.001
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 8.422
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.109
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.240
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:9.133
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 21.970
When I enable persistence 23.327
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.675
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.036
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.294
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.311
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.458
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.193
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.187
When I cold reboot the computer 6.350
And the computer reboots Tails 34.536
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.263
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.128
Given I enable persistence 14.655
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.078
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 7.265
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:22.919
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 22.552
# 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 29.629
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.395
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.125
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028
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41.856
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 8.618
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.254
Then persistence is disabled 0.082
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.137
And all notifications have disappeared 9.706
When I delete the persistent partition 2.717
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.448
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 21.821
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.083
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.226
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.956
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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1:2.249
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 8.770
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.274
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.857
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.187
And all notifications have disappeared 8.670
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.350
And all tps features are enabled 8.932
And all tps features but the first one are active 9.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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4:4.041
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 3:16.355
And I enable persistence 29.668
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.210
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.553
And persistence is enabled 9.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.407
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.463
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 25.398
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.608
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 8.724
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.333
When I enable persistence 16.130
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
And persistence is successfully enabled 10.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.894
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 8.819
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.225
When I try to enable persistence 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.932
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.260
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.244
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.099
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.283
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.141
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 7.858
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.792
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.152
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 7.645
And all notifications have disappeared 7.939
# 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" 0.166
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.106
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.211
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.055
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 0.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.925
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 8.045
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.424
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.340
When I try to enable persistence 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.681
When I log in to a new session 9.277
And all notifications have disappeared 7.959
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.192
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000