Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_tps-restart-gnome-software 2 11 Jun 2026, 13:39

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 22:26.102 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.328
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.838
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.274
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.271
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.089
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.492
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.332
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.316
And persistence is disabled 0.110
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:45.279
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.478
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.380
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.088
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.060
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 9.811
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.124
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.238
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
Tags: @product
29.748
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.265
And the system is very low on memory 3.817
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.213
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.783
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.091
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.408
And I free up some memory 1.140
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.972
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:48.395
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.548
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.321
And all tps features are active 5.708
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.889
When I disable the first tps feature 2.516
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.522
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.714
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.982
Then all tps features but the first one are active 6.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
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13.872
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.021
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.546
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I disable the first tps feature 2.483
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.028
When I enable the first tps feature 2.506
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.982
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.913
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
And I disable the first tps feature 3.066
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.827
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
49.739
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.818
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 13.264
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.394
When I write some files expected to persist 1.333
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.242
# 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" 12.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:47.389
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.924
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 10.048
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.126
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.202
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.111
And I capture all network traffic 0.027
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 11.439
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.326
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.074
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059
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41.205
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.054
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.095
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.831
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.316
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:2.522
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.586
When I enable persistence 17.916
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.975
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.711
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.278
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.216
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.531
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.942
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.136
When I cold reboot the computer 9.360
And the computer reboots Tails 39.664
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.251
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.179
Given I enable persistence 12.660
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.062
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.280
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.617
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
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2:17.838
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.917
# 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 28.725
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.574
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:9.424
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.371
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
Tags: @product
41.876
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.496
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.089
Then persistence is disabled 0.118
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.976
And all notifications have disappeared 8.060
When I delete the persistent partition 2.652
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:26.802
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.772
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.055
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.784
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.949
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
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51.354
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.630
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.261
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.756
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.815
And all notifications have disappeared 8.101
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.332
And all tps features are enabled 4.949
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:12.663
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.021
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 31.958
And I enable persistence 24.164
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.541
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.622
And persistence is enabled 5.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.575
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.041
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 7.528
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.362
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.297
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.025
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.668
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.632
When I enable persistence 10.983
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
And persistence is successfully enabled 4.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.630
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.320
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.607
When I try to enable persistence 1.252
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.188
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.372
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.134
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.762
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.495
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.074
When I try to enable persistence 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.571
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 11.958
And all notifications have disappeared 9.482
# 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" 0.257
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.520
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.195
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.967
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.745
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.677
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.304
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.373
When I try to enable persistence 1.242
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.830
When I log in to a new session 11.435
And all notifications have disappeared 8.512
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.601
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000