Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21720-less-error-prone-emergency-release 2 20 Aug 2026, 13:36

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 25:24.449 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.045
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 1:21.970
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.142
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.220
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.599
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 8.761
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.158
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.224
And persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.353
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.214
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 8.814
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.279
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.120
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.241
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.576
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.926
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.161
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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32.700
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 8.629
And the system is very low on memory 6.209
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.208
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.804
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.094
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.455
And I free up some memory 0.666
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.590
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:14.596
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 22.341
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.313
And all tps features are active 10.171
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.895
When I disable the first tps feature 2.499
Then all tps features but the first one are active 10.694
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.721
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.113
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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14.293
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 8.290
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.099
When I disable the first tps feature 3.086
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.046
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.033
When I enable the first tps feature 2.509
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.782
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 8.012
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
And I disable the first tps feature 2.802
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.785
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
58.468
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 21.228
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 9.110
And I take note of which tps features are available 8.913
When I write some files expected to persist 1.159
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.356
# 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" 12.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.341
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:10.554
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 35.935
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 8.970
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.127
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.683
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.716
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 11.431
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.439
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.059
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.092
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42.408
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 8.995
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 13.992
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:58.878
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 9.011
When I enable persistence 25.639
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.914
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.212
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.399
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.144
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.566
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.647
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.149
When I cold reboot the computer 6.140
And the computer reboots Tails 33.472
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.388
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.306
Given I enable persistence 14.925
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.096
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.308
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.410
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
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2:16.955
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 8.959
# 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 32.611
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.438
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.675
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
40.444
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 8.278
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.794
Then persistence is disabled 0.107
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.519
And all notifications have disappeared 8.709
When I delete the persistent partition 2.743
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:25.985
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 8.659
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.065
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.539
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.510
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
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1:1.713
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 8.610
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.209
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.717
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.890
And all notifications have disappeared 8.619
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.242
And all tps features are enabled 8.908
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.460
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:54.867
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 2:7.722
And I enable persistence 29.210
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.606
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.648
And persistence is enabled 8.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.581
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 7.519
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.257
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.289
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 9.255
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.799
When I enable persistence 14.110
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.070
And persistence is successfully enabled 11.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.669
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 8.154
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.437
When I try to enable persistence 1.300
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.765
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.244
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.404
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.073
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.230
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.633
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.330
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.067
When I try to enable persistence 1.297
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.249
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.113
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.030
When I log in to a new session 8.572
And all notifications have disappeared 7.299
# 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" 0.163
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.119
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.268
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.309
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.765
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 8.270
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.177
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.333
When I try to enable persistence 1.239
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.865
When I log in to a new session 8.182
And all notifications have disappeared 7.049
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.522
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000