Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21762-fix-htpdate-pool 1 02 Sep 2026, 22:25

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 23:24.423 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.833
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.831
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.960
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.253
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.504
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 8.993
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.336
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.272
And persistence is disabled 0.103
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.733
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 8.848
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.304
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.083
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.042
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.313
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.891
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.160
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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31.546
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 8.205
And the system is very low on memory 4.614
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.201
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.750
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.092
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.496
And I free up some memory 0.467
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.677
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:53.064
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 8.707
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.306
And all tps features are active 8.366
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.978
When I disable the first tps feature 2.544
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.834
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.999
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.954
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.373
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047
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13.784
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 8.490
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.091
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.038
When I disable the first tps feature 2.507
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.042
When I enable the first tps feature 2.424
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.045
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.927
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 8.116
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.126
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
And I disable the first tps feature 2.610
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.935
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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44.612
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 8.312
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 11.258
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.101
When I write some files expected to persist 1.223
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.325
# 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" 11.355
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.137
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 7.685
And the network is plugged 0.047
And Tor is ready 9.872
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.106
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.378
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.120
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 12.377
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.350
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.068
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.078
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39.927
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.869
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.110
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.673
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:53.166
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 8.470
When I enable persistence 23.860
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.798
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.307
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.438
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.138
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.523
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.040
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.133
When I cold reboot the computer 6.034
And the computer reboots Tails 33.933
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.213
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.133
Given I enable persistence 12.604
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.077
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.215
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.108
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
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2:4.814
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 8.316
# 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 26.627
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 1:5.862
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
38.365
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 8.159
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.454
Then persistence is disabled 0.098
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.317
And all notifications have disappeared 8.418
When I delete the persistent partition 2.670
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.939
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 7.976
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.071
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.525
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.183
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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59.600
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 8.467
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.436
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.076
And all notifications have disappeared 7.932
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.269
And all tps features are enabled 8.724
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.479
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:45.698
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 2:0.955
And I enable persistence 27.850
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.791
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.492
And persistence is enabled 8.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.183
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 7.605
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.082
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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40.457
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 8.461
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.877
When I enable persistence 13.439
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.333
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 8.260
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.560
When I try to enable persistence 1.274
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.940
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.234
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.177
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.225
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.864
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 8.153
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.584
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I log in to a new session 7.897
And all notifications have disappeared 7.177
# 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" 0.161
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.110
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.220
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.157
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.926
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 7.983
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.324
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.296
When I try to enable persistence 1.243
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.638
When I log in to a new session 7.321
And all notifications have disappeared 8.030
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.051
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000