Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21757-update-electrum 2 31 Aug 2026, 15:25

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 31:51.838 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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3:20.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.021
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 3:6.078
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.937
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.217
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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3:40.751
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 3:27.332
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 9.704
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.329
And persistence is disabled 0.147
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
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1:40.803
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 8.408
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.297
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.084
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.445
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.362
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.871
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.209
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
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30.949
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 8.331
And the system is very low on memory 5.090
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.295
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.701
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.167
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.396
And I free up some memory 0.629
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.296
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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4:37.229
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 2:55.346
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.288
And all tps features are active 8.486
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.902
When I disable the first tps feature 2.450
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.620
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.418
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.473
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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14.327
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 8.269
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.085
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.080
When I disable the first tps feature 3.002
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.101
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.057
When I enable the first tps feature 2.530
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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14.034
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 7.938
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.080
And I disable the first tps feature 2.988
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.912
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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44.425
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 7.741
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 11.981
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.744
When I write some files expected to persist 1.062
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.250
# 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" 11.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.392
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 7.600
And the network is plugged 0.758
And Tor is ready 9.098
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.138
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.212
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.834
And I capture all network traffic 0.011
And the network is plugged 0.045
And Tor is ready 12.114
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.326
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.061
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.070
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41.371
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.743
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.123
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.971
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:59.029
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 8.242
When I enable persistence 25.588
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.694
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.465
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.309
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.462
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.542
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.230
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.137
When I cold reboot the computer 5.866
And the computer reboots Tails 35.486
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.336
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.127
Given I enable persistence 15.063
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.084
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.155
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.090
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:14.970
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 8.218
# 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 31.638
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.645
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.025
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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41.506
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 8.277
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.428
Then persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.470
And all notifications have disappeared 9.341
When I delete the persistent partition 2.613
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:21.246
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 8.210
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.533
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.228
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032
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59.380
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 8.585
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.252
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.036
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.732
And all notifications have disappeared 7.933
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.270
And all tps features are enabled 9.200
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:48.278
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 2:1.396
And I enable persistence 27.343
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.834
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.678
And persistence is enabled 11.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.467
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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33.857
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 7.840
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.912
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 1.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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47.347
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 10.236
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 12.901
When I enable persistence 14.380
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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33.181
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.086
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.818
When I try to enable persistence 1.289
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.057
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.191
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.861
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.067
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.192
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.148
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 8.449
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.089
When I try to enable persistence 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.342
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.254
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.030
When I log in to a new session 8.943
And all notifications have disappeared 8.035
# 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" 0.165
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.111
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.246
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.253
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.602
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 7.766
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.593
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.357
When I try to enable persistence 1.190
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.701
When I log in to a new session 10.359
And all notifications have disappeared 7.368
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.213
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000