Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21569-fix-gnome-software-notifications 1 02 Oct 2026, 17:55

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 23:28.600 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:56.653
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 1:16.826
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.000
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.856
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.405
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 8.583
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.865
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.226
And persistence is disabled 0.083
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.588
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 8.594
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.268
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.081
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.371
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.039
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.147
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.874
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.168
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
28.861
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.141
And the system is very low on memory 4.164
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.182
When I try to create a persistent partition 3.927
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 2.337
And I free up some memory 0.467
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.432
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:47.087
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 8.266
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.288
And all tps features are active 8.510
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.852
When I disable the first tps feature 2.541
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.878
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.352
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.807
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047
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13.198
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 7.849
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.089
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.074
When I disable the first tps feature 2.542
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.045
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.025
When I enable the first tps feature 2.419
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.040
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.338
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 7.621
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
And I disable the first tps feature 2.560
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.969
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.418
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.675
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 12.078
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.945
When I write some files expected to persist 0.982
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.209
# 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" 11.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.325
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.597
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 7.554
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 11.179
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.102
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 1:2.943
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 10.974
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.384
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.058
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.123
Tags: @product
38.857
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 8.336
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.085
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.699
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:2.183
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 21.616
When I enable persistence 20.637
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.652
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.001
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.385
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.282
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.420
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.212
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.117
When I cold reboot the computer 5.694
And the computer reboots Tails 34.462
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.362
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.124
Given I enable persistence 12.863
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.066
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.291
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.856
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
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2:6.588
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 8.003
# 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 27.708
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.239
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.159
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
37.621
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 8.094
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.302
Then persistence is disabled 0.088
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.504
And all notifications have disappeared 7.817
When I delete the persistent partition 2.597
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:16.904
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 7.693
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.062
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.193
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.779
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035
Tags: @product
55.155
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 8.179
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.167
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.497
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.621
And all notifications have disappeared 8.298
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.235
And all tps features are enabled 8.046
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:40.242
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 1:59.300
And I enable persistence 25.204
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.566
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.630
And persistence is enabled 7.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.933
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 20.647
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.777
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.666
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 7.993
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.325
When I enable persistence 12.410
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.035
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.467
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.675
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 7.704
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.037
When I try to enable persistence 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.076
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.155
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.171
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.079
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.094
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.148
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 8.018
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.236
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.572
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.267
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I log in to a new session 9.065
And all notifications have disappeared 8.514
# 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" 0.153
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.257
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.252
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.119
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.472
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 8.042
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.550
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.367
When I try to enable persistence 1.124
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.376
When I log in to a new session 7.569
And all notifications have disappeared 7.337
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.138
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000