Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 83 06 Jul 2026, 14:27

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 21:1.632 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.405
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 1:16.491
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.769
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.307
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.371
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 8.255
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.893
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.290
And persistence is disabled 0.093
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.454
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 8.090
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.282
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.124
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.316
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.034
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.266
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.240
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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28.665
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 7.512
And the system is very low on memory 4.115
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.185
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.587
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.105
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.403
And I free up some memory 0.838
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.866
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.703
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 8.081
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.311
And all tps features are active 5.086
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.975
When I disable the first tps feature 2.469
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.731
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 1:5.775
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.029
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 7.604
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.077
When I disable the first tps feature 2.589
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.038
When I enable the first tps feature 2.426
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.098
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 7.127
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.122
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.049
And I disable the first tps feature 2.755
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.000
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.869
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 6.999
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 8.364
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.140
When I write some files expected to persist 1.236
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.337
# 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" 11.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.412
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.909
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 7.080
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 8.660
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.109
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.648
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.637
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.114
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.354
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.082
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.074
Tags: @product
39.508
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 8.142
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.061
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.447
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.256
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 8.101
When I enable persistence 18.521
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.635
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.347
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.311
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.211
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.550
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.362
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.182
When I cold reboot the computer 8.602
And the computer reboots Tails 35.692
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.251
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.186
Given I enable persistence 10.834
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.075
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.225
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.979
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:12.056
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 8.034
# 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 30.184
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.032
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.614
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
38.065
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 7.493
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.409
Then persistence is disabled 0.133
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.319
And all notifications have disappeared 7.642
When I delete the persistent partition 2.689
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.377
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:20.599
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 7.026
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.049
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.318
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.006
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
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49.492
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 7.662
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.150
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.927
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.892
And all notifications have disappeared 7.545
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.237
And all tps features are enabled 4.374
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:8.187
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 30.733
And I enable persistence 22.309
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.257
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.610
And persistence is enabled 5.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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23.647
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 6.886
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.240
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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32.660
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 7.923
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.658
When I enable persistence 9.543
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.253
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 7.391
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.852
When I try to enable persistence 1.232
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.930
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.418
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.154
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.442
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 7.363
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.070
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.297
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 10.456
And all notifications have disappeared 9.228
# 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" 0.279
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.099
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.185
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.391
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.951
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 7.421
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.265
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.306
When I try to enable persistence 1.309
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.951
When I log in to a new session 9.183
And all notifications have disappeared 8.400
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.305
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000