Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21688-strict-umask 2 23 Jul 2026, 15:52

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 23:6.082 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:53.985
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:23.795
And I update the APT lists using apt 22.487
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.777
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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32.234
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 8.678
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.158
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.265
And persistence is disabled 0.125
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:46.638
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 9.160
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.287
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.100
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 22.615
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.647
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.493
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.193
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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31.070
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 7.730
And the system is very low on memory 4.795
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.304
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.075
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.159
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.469
And I free up some memory 0.910
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.577
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:50.295
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 8.958
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.259
And all tps features are active 5.224
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.972
When I disable the first tps feature 2.542
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.926
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.139
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.926
Then all tps features but the first one are active 6.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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13.997
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 7.979
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.084
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I disable the first tps feature 3.141
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.067
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.050
When I enable the first tps feature 2.456
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.343
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 7.441
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
And I disable the first tps feature 2.606
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.117
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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45.292
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 7.835
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.841
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.674
When I write some files expected to persist 1.253
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.581
# 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" 13.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:48.432
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 7.696
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 10.997
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.131
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.655
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.554
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.706
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.428
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.094
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.108
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43.962
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.725
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 13.900
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 20.263
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:1.213
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 9.099
When I enable persistence 21.050
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.129
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.131
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.376
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.285
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.645
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.639
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.205
When I cold reboot the computer 6.469
And the computer reboots Tails 38.200
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.351
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.325
Given I enable persistence 12.490
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.066
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.248
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.305
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032
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2:17.000
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 8.634
# 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 28.215
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.574
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:11.376
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.065
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41.553
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.445
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.791
Then persistence is disabled 0.144
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.656
And all notifications have disappeared 8.407
When I delete the persistent partition 2.706
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.400
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:24.731
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 enabled and logged in 7.732
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.057
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.550
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.108
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
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55.063
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 7.597
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.044
When I try to enable persistence 1.147
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.858
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.771
And all notifications have disappeared 8.103
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.262
And all tps features are enabled 6.153
And all tps features but the first one are active 6.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:15.583
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 33.868
And I enable persistence 25.894
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.134
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.671
And persistence is enabled 6.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.943
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.330
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.013
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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37.507
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 8.046
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.027
When I enable persistence 12.267
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.054
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 8.355
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.907
When I try to enable persistence 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.080
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.148
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.642
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.070
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.160
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.997
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.717
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.079
When I try to enable persistence 1.137
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.600
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 0.056
When I log in to a new session 10.514
And all notifications have disappeared 10.499
# 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 0.546
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.286
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.443
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.178
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 7.668
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.624
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.445
When I try to enable persistence 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.371
When I log in to a new session 11.463
And all notifications have disappeared 9.278
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.444
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000