Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 78 30 Jun 2026, 14:36

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 22:24.649 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.363
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 1:20.135
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.879
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.297
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.945
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 8.525
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.062
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.252
And persistence is disabled 0.110
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.512
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 8.677
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.340
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.102
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.788
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.545
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.727
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.203
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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31.642
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 logged in 7.524
And the system is very low on memory 4.763
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.332
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.708
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.201
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.459
And I free up some memory 0.878
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.718
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:48.838
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 8.040
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.386
And all tps features are active 5.741
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.064
When I disable the first tps feature 2.638
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.244
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.501
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.919
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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13.591
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 7.609
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.110
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
When I disable the first tps feature 3.035
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.059
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.038
When I enable the first tps feature 2.477
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.340
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 7.468
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
And I disable the first tps feature 2.661
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.025
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.890
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 7.198
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 10.526
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.293
When I write some files expected to persist 1.147
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.496
# 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" 12.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.409
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.645
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 7.145
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 10.350
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.117
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.017
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.945
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.487
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.368
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.071
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035
Tags: @product
43.717
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.675
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.077
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.711
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:2.705
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.696
When I enable persistence 22.495
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.863
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.628
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.417
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.253
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.543
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.184
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.173
When I cold reboot the computer 9.101
And the computer reboots Tails 38.580
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.313
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.185
Given I enable persistence 11.149
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.067
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.261
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.605
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
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2:14.568
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 8.081
# 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 26.194
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.390
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:11.664
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
40.681
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 7.900
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.038
Then persistence is disabled 0.115
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.100
And all notifications have disappeared 8.145
When I delete the persistent partition 2.882
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:24.256
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.566
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.072
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.454
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.889
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042
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53.590
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 7.508
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.325
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.804
And all notifications have disappeared 8.024
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.329
And all tps features are enabled 5.450
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:16.397
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 33.454
And I enable persistence 25.838
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.448
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.561
And persistence is enabled 6.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.262
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.393
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.261
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
36.102
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 7.842
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.898
When I enable persistence 10.898
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.082
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.575
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 7.497
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.341
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.586
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.167
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.396
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.157
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.306
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.334
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 7.711
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.076
When I try to enable persistence 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.783
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 11.343
And all notifications have disappeared 9.795
# 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 0.643
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.220
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.357
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.687
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 7.590
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.192
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.380
When I try to enable persistence 1.171
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.395
When I log in to a new session 10.608
And all notifications have disappeared 8.968
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.589
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 2.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000