Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21721-less-verbose-release-process 2 29 Aug 2026, 20:57

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 22:58.214 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.716
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 1:17.288
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.997
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.147
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.667
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 8.393
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.736
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.242
And persistence is disabled 0.105
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.944
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.022
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.764
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.258
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.024
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.036
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.402
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.142
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.150
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
29.205
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 7.906
And the system is very low on memory 4.910
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.138
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.021
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.107
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.382
And I free up some memory 0.536
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.152
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:49.010
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 8.230
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.265
And all tps features are active 8.451
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.874
When I disable the first tps feature 2.566
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.393
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.323
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.802
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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13.595
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 8.277
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.113
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I disable the first tps feature 2.508
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.397
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.176
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 7.473
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
And I disable the first tps feature 2.630
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.840
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.950
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 7.702
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 8.424
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.051
When I write some files expected to persist 1.003
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.170
# 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" 11.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.348
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.140
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 7.518
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 10.177
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 6.614
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.576
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 13.462
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.411
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.075
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.120
Tags: @product
39.443
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 8.251
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.148
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.851
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:49.166
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 8.148
When I enable persistence 21.297
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.404
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.753
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.204
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" 4.452
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.932
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.141
When I cold reboot the computer 5.980
And the computer reboots Tails 33.549
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.338
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.241
Given I enable persistence 13.482
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.066
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.304
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.586
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:7.963
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 8.799
# 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 28.171
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.351
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.207
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.433
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
37.564
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 8.447
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.480
Then persistence is disabled 0.069
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.447
And all notifications have disappeared 8.238
When I delete the persistent partition 2.630
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.968
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 7.889
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.047
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.276
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.526
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035
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57.513
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 8.616
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.675
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.904
And all notifications have disappeared 8.999
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.287
And all tps features are enabled 7.545
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:43.453
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 2:0.467
And I enable persistence 26.849
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.031
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.683
And persistence is enabled 8.422
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.959
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 7.355
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.084
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.552
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 8.516
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.534
When I enable persistence 13.645
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.037
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.955
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 8.289
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.899
When I try to enable persistence 1.230
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.035
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.230
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.360
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.085
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.212
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.805
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 7.659
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.752
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.237
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 8.891
And all notifications have disappeared 7.363
# 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" 0.194
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.113
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.315
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.141
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.460
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 8.169
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.017
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.224
When I try to enable persistence 1.126
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 1.840
When I log in to a new session 8.103
And all notifications have disappeared 6.988
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 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000