Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21734-bump-snapshot-restore-timeout 1 17 Aug 2026, 19:47

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 22:0.310 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.233
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 1:17.380
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.992
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.215
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.503
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 8.282
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.054
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.190
And persistence is disabled 0.079
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:30.795
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 8.614
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.239
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.078
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.275
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.039
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.231
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.118
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.159
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059
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28.577
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 7.747
And the system is very low on memory 4.434
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.263
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.463
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.073
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.361
And I free up some memory 0.463
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.713
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.971
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 8.171
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.306
And all tps features are active 7.598
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.538
When I disable the first tps feature 2.487
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.553
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.520
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.517
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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12.812
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 7.583
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.044
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I disable the first tps feature 2.452
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.045
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.028
When I enable the first tps feature 2.443
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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14.040
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 7.466
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
And I disable the first tps feature 2.471
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.919
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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41.756
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 7.484
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 10.876
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.341
When I write some files expected to persist 0.849
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.296
# 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" 10.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:32.791
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 7.534
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 8.184
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.115
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.163
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.726
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 10.460
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.384
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.049
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053
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36.837
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.211
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.076
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 10.830
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:44.090
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 8.388
When I enable persistence 22.217
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.688
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.911
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.353
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.320
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.404
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.067
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.112
When I cold reboot the computer 5.682
And the computer reboots Tails 31.830
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.183
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.108
Given I enable persistence 12.105
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.052
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.146
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.373
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:2.003
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 7.726
# 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 26.459
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.128
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.963
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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36.133
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 7.957
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.518
Then persistence is disabled 0.077
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.668
And all notifications have disappeared 7.934
When I delete the persistent partition 2.741
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:16.376
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 7.758
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.092
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.413
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.930
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
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53.571
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 7.956
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.130
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.522
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.153
And all notifications have disappeared 7.799
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.272
And all tps features are enabled 7.132
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:37.619
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 1:58.192
And I enable persistence 24.441
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.223
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.488
And persistence is enabled 7.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.417
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 7.542
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.437
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.436
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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36.833
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 7.877
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.826
When I enable persistence 11.397
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.450
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 7.929
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.224
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.872
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.090
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.075
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.807
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 7.922
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.143
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.545
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I log in to a new session 7.343
And all notifications have disappeared 7.478
# 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" 0.124
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.078
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.170
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.008
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.687
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 7.932
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.775
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.235
When I try to enable persistence 1.152
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 1.946
When I log in to a new session 7.279
And all notifications have disappeared 7.493
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.058
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000