Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21644-desktop-file-dirs-mount-monitoring 15 23 Aug 2026, 10:48

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 22:42.832 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.336
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 1:15.755
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.652
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.266
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.032
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 8.391
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.518
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.201
And persistence is disabled 0.082
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:32.666
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 8.291
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.256
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.096
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.572
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.472
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.707
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.191
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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28.844
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 7.948
And the system is very low on memory 4.650
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.151
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.387
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.098
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.373
And I free up some memory 0.492
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.706
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:56.878
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 20.872
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.244
And all tps features are active 8.130
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.691
When I disable the first tps feature 2.437
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.420
And 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 1:3.586
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
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13.438
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 8.014
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
When I disable the first tps feature 2.506
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.045
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.039
When I enable the first tps feature 2.504
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.102
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 7.538
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
And I disable the first tps feature 2.506
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.893
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.838
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 7.550
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 8.260
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.777
When I write some files expected to persist 1.031
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.211
# 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" 10.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.433
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.977
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 7.587
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 9.651
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.114
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.233
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.726
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 12.076
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.369
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.052
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.088
Tags: @product
38.822
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.411
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.073
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.928
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.409
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.757
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.575
When I enable persistence 23.343
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.575
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.309
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.239
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.185
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.540
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.867
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.127
When I cold reboot the computer 5.783
And the computer reboots Tails 33.422
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.314
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.254
Given I enable persistence 12.915
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.323
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.782
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:3.298
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
# 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 27.669
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.142
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.441
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product
37.878
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 7.926
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.518
Then persistence is disabled 0.071
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.224
And all notifications have disappeared 8.286
When I delete the persistent partition 2.626
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:17.221
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 8.090
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.050
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.245
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.668
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.478
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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55.694
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 7.876
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.244
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.753
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.962
And all notifications have disappeared 8.207
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.236
And all tps features are enabled 7.553
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:39.506
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 1:57.057
And I enable persistence 26.207
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.242
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.574
And persistence is enabled 8.424
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.135
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 7.461
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.143
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.539
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 8.263
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.479
When I enable persistence 13.967
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.524
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 7.735
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.172
When I try to enable persistence 1.364
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.484
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.152
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.124
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.771
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 7.581
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.238
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.666
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.212
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 8.728
And all notifications have disappeared 7.671
# 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" 0.108
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.065
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.154
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.063
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.565
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 7.941
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.086
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.252
When I try to enable persistence 1.203
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.087
When I log in to a new session 8.341
And all notifications have disappeared 6.760
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.127
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000