Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_release-process-7.7.3 4 11 May 2026, 18:27

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 23:29.016 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:39.042
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:24.445
And I update APT using apt 6.952
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.318
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.325
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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31.846
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.509
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.484
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.327
And persistence is disabled 0.128
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.395
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:48.367
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.517
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.446
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.099
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.981
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.581
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.946
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.482
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.241
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
31.138
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 7.697
And the system is very low on memory 3.852
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.224
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.013
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.129
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.505
And I free up some memory 0.868
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.963
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.529
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 9.141
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.388
And all tps features are active 1.225
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.086
When I disable the first tps feature 2.635
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.280
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.401
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.895
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.475
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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13.903
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 8.341
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
When I disable the first tps feature 2.614
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.085
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.058
When I enable the first tps feature 2.494
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
14.546
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.293
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.108
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.107
And I disable the first tps feature 3.123
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.868
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:4.954
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 7.685
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 17.346
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.329
When I write some files expected to persist 1.609
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.683
# 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" 13.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.462
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:35.999
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 8.430
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 18.420
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.142
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.977
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:20.143
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 23.256
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.404
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.063
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.049
Tags: @product
44.656
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.427
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 16.271
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:59.314
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 9.295
When I enable persistence 14.832
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.401
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.136
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.689
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.412
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.619
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.230
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.196
When I cold reboot the computer 10.655
And the computer reboots Tails 38.968
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.345
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.242
Given I enable persistence 8.511
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.075
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.244
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.283
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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2:19.506
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 8.713
# 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 31.410
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.023
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:9.948
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.410
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
42.223
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.963
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.754
Then persistence is disabled 0.149
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.612
And all notifications have disappeared 8.507
When I delete the persistent partition 2.881
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.353
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.390
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:28.403
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 7.941
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.078
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.334
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.801
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
46.778
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 8.761
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.306
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.516
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.237
And all notifications have disappeared 7.838
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.955
And all tps features are enabled 1.737
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.365
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:9.642
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 33.711
And I enable persistence 21.218
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.226
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.654
And persistence is enabled 1.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.842
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 7.712
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.097
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 1.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
29.079
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 9.251
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.104
When I enable persistence 7.547
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
27.012
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.457
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.390
When I try to enable persistence 1.354
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.422
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.637
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.090
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.162
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.321
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
50.294
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 9.092
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.583
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.228
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 13.247
And all notifications have disappeared 10.297
# 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" 0.211
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.557
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.264
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.663
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.933
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 7.618
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.768
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.373
When I try to enable persistence 1.260
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.341
When I log in to a new session 12.070
And all notifications have disappeared 8.355
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.421
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000