Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_release-process-7.7.3 1 11 May 2026, 17:39

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 22:32.309 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.699
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.797
And I update APT using apt 6.086
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.255
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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30.248
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 9.440
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.828
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.330
And persistence is disabled 0.103
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.214
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.078
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.304
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.208
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.765
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.498
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.583
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.398
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.295
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
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30.866
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.770
And the system is very low on memory 4.009
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.143
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.668
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.147
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.435
And I free up some memory 0.868
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.268
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:37.253
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.272
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.337
And all tps features are active 1.292
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.486
When I disable the first tps feature 3.112
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.342
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.623
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.544
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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13.375
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.910
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I disable the first tps feature 2.585
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.057
When I enable the first tps feature 2.467
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.599
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.961
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.089
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
And I disable the first tps feature 2.618
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.831
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:0.678
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.854
And the network is plugged 0.049
And Tor is ready 18.514
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.266
When I write some files expected to persist 1.325
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.364
# 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?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 13.303
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:26.620
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.659
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 17.457
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.132
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.659
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:17.439
And I capture all network traffic 0.015
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 22.600
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.400
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.058
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046
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42.879
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 9.501
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 15.191
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:49.490
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.891
When I enable persistence 14.143
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.392
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.891
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.426
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.262
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.547
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.118
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.162
When I cold reboot the computer 6.383
And the computer reboots Tails 37.048
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.246
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.170
Given I enable persistence 7.886
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.090
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.253
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.384
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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2:13.434
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.150
# 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 26.087
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.047
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.326
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
40.237
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 9.026
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.545
Then persistence is disabled 0.097
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.269
And all notifications have disappeared 8.157
When I delete the persistent partition 2.758
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.290
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:28.148
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.285
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.079
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.635
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.898
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050
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46.438
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.768
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.149
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.366
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.070
And all notifications have disappeared 8.309
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.266
And all tps features are enabled 1.157
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:9.753
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
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 33.468
And I enable persistence 21.735
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.431
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.674
And persistence is enabled 2.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.580
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
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 16.152
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
26.051
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.802
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.516
When I enable persistence 6.777
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
26.285
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.723
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.036
When I try to enable persistence 1.239
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.284
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.261
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.794
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.198
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.461
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.693
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.240
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.232
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.032
When I log in to a new session 12.000
And all notifications have disappeared 9.236
# 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" 0.258
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.943
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.228
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.428
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.993
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.204
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.446
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.367
When I try to enable persistence 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.549
When I log in to a new session 11.820
And all notifications have disappeared 8.450
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.946
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000