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test_Tails_ISO_21691-gitlab-triage-use-trusted-image 1 23 Jul 2026, 16:38

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 23:11.569 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:40.897
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:25.571
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.643
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.318
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.363
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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32.933
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 8.615
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.550
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.285
And persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:49.633
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 9.424
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.300
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.129
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.957
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.227
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.319
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.166
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
32.445
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 logged in 7.392
And the system is very low on memory 4.811
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.223
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.027
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 2.481
And I free up some memory 0.838
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.457
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:51.645
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 8.364
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.304
And all tps features are active 5.663
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.243
When I disable the first tps feature 3.149
Then all tps features but the first one are active 6.211
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.235
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.520
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
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14.068
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 7.901
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.113
When I disable the first tps feature 3.176
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.057
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.047
When I enable the first tps feature 2.513
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.620
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 7.202
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
And I disable the first tps feature 2.674
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.556
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.802
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 7.476
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 12.914
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.743
When I write some files expected to persist 1.239
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.443
# 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" 12.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.506
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:51.356
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 7.174
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 10.951
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.117
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.016
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.328
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 11.963
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.474
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.071
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.128
Tags: @product
42.490
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 8.605
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.078
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.670
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:4.103
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 9.267
When I enable persistence 20.632
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.311
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.085
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.370
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.255
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.594
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.845
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.157
When I cold reboot the computer 6.556
And the computer reboots Tails 39.096
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.279
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.237
Given I enable persistence 11.517
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.079
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.278
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.343
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:17.640
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 7.828
# 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 32.583
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.468
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:10.071
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042
Tags: @product
42.942
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.154
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.714
Then persistence is disabled 0.136
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.977
And all notifications have disappeared 8.846
When I delete the persistent partition 2.709
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.403
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:27.197
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 7.704
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.090
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.063
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
53.874
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.634
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.182
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.761
And all notifications have disappeared 8.096
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.447
And all tps features are enabled 5.460
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.558
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 34.457
And I enable persistence 27.195
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.703
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.607
And persistence is enabled 5.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.892
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 7.096
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.176
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
36.488
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 8.350
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.702
When I enable persistence 10.741
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.084
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.538
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 8.070
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.268
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.272
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.447
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.138
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.828
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 7.659
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.809
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.038
When I log in to a new session 11.972
And all notifications have disappeared 10.451
# 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" 0.211
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.623
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.250
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.593
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.378
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.611
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 7.695
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.338
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.406
When I try to enable persistence 1.235
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.180
When I log in to a new session 11.193
And all notifications have disappeared 8.524
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.289
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000