Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 13 07 May 2026, 20:07

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 21:13.344 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.145
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 1:18.670
And I update APT using apt 7.473
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.229
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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28.882
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 8.146
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.986
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.224
And persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.429
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:35.312
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 8.482
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.352
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.098
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.172
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.489
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.361
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.118
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.184
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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29.451
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.235
And the system is very low on memory 4.576
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.242
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.542
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.172
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.461
And I free up some memory 0.790
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.358
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:28.500
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 8.062
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.343
And all tps features are active 1.114
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.997
When I disable the first tps feature 2.602
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.251
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.402
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.683
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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12.645
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.193
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.113
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.049
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 2.565
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.047
When I enable the first tps feature 2.457
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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12.632
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 6.964
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.106
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
And I disable the first tps feature 2.577
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.891
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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56.261
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 7.148
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 16.218
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.228
When I write some files expected to persist 1.239
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.737
# 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" 11.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:17.657
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 7.178
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 16.043
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.164
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.713
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.574
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 22.399
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.358
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.064
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.056
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40.307
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.252
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.070
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.231
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:41.100
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 7.898
When I enable persistence 13.794
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.705
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.223
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.275
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.230
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.501
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.904
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.151
When I cold reboot the computer 6.233
And the computer reboots Tails 36.844
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.231
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.166
Given I enable persistence 6.782
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.222
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.718
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:20.888
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 19.893
# 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 28.618
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.980
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.198
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product
37.102
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.366
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.150
Then persistence is disabled 0.103
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.744
And all notifications have disappeared 7.652
When I delete the persistent partition 2.687
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.396
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:18.432
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 7.139
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.058
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.452
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.534
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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40.511
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.276
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.646
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.027
And all notifications have disappeared 7.558
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.272
And all tps features are enabled 1.298
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:4.807
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 32.181
And I enable persistence 20.684
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.791
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.538
And persistence is enabled 1.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.131
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 6.937
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.650
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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24.616
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 7.402
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.761
When I enable persistence 5.783
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.069
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.264
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 7.087
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.939
When I try to enable persistence 1.273
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.097
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.295
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.165
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.745
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 7.175
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.202
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.975
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.138
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 10.471
And all notifications have disappeared 8.890
# 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" 0.296
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.110
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.260
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.371
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.945
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 7.162
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.280
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.373
When I try to enable persistence 1.191
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.315
When I log in to a new session 8.972
And all notifications have disappeared 8.390
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.377
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000