Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21771-test-reliable-celluloid-open 3 07 Sep 2026, 20:10

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 23:21.853 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.105
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 1:20.929
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.321
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.240
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.330
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 8.439
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.085
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.232
And persistence is disabled 0.084
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.664
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 8.864
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.232
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.086
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.115
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 6.689
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.432
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.144
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
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29.094
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 8.238
And the system is very low on memory 4.246
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.154
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.449
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.135
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.454
And I free up some memory 0.419
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.934
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:46.749
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 8.198
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.368
And all tps features are active 8.552
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.733
When I disable the first tps feature 2.507
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.897
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.479
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.398
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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13.479
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
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.050
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I disable the first tps feature 2.495
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.057
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.029
When I enable the first tps feature 2.425
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.277
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 7.676
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.096
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.043
And I disable the first tps feature 2.476
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.928
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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41.485
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 7.648
And the network is plugged 0.200
And Tor is ready 9.492
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.506
When I write some files expected to persist 0.937
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.272
# 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" 11.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.122
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.578
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 11.304
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.113
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.241
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.388
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 11.893
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.387
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.054
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.090
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38.498
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 8.255
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.093
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.802
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:53.020
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 8.670
When I enable persistence 23.361
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.788
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.234
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.391
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.321
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.515
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.325
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.144
When I cold reboot the computer 7.204
And the computer reboots Tails 32.641
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.376
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.125
Given I enable persistence 13.113
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.066
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.287
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.275
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:10.245
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 8.302
# 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 29.314
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.543
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.787
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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37.886
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 8.323
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.824
Then persistence is disabled 0.077
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.276
And all notifications have disappeared 8.495
When I delete the persistent partition 2.654
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:31.419
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 21.403
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.060
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.483
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.256
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
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57.706
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 8.268
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.081
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.684
And all notifications have disappeared 8.586
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.330
And all tps features are enabled 8.373
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:47.886
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 2:4.810
And I enable persistence 25.669
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.412
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.559
And persistence is enabled 8.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.816
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 7.705
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.580
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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39.536
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 8.558
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.258
When I enable persistence 13.524
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.059
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 7.996
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.491
When I try to enable persistence 1.243
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.768
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.123
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.148
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.124
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.662
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 8.038
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.263
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.658
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 9.288
And all notifications have disappeared 7.916
# 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" 0.133
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.054
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.155
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.011
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.805
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 8.012
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.807
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.291
When I try to enable persistence 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.504
When I log in to a new session 8.985
And all notifications have disappeared 7.225
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.039
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000