Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 84 07 Jul 2026, 14:29

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 21:15.364 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.205
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 1:15.901
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.207
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.308
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.095
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 8.178
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.361
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.226
And persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.271
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 8.335
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.296
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.091
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.531
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.098
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.370
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.339
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.171
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.081
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30.392
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 7.757
And the system is very low on memory 5.304
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.166
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.550
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.094
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.396
And I free up some memory 1.035
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.038
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.188
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 7.881
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.346
And all tps features are active 5.146
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.765
When I disable the first tps feature 2.603
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.631
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.403
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.842
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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12.980
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 7.610
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.067
When I disable the first tps feature 2.521
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.073
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.069
When I enable the first tps feature 2.419
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.793
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 7.043
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
And I disable the first tps feature 2.606
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.950
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.847
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 7.015
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 11.368
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.135
When I write some files expected to persist 1.035
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.348
# 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" 11.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.445
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.039
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 6.997
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 9.823
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.110
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.370
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.102
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 13.051
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.347
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.080
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052
Tags: @product
40.500
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 7.941
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.066
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.528
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:49.187
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.988
When I enable persistence 18.121
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.881
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.332
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.347
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.252
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.483
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.603
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.119
When I cold reboot the computer 6.113
And the computer reboots Tails 36.258
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.315
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.189
Given I enable persistence 10.671
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.216
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.059
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:10.952
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 7.868
# 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 31.986
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.474
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.961
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
38.477
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 7.829
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.445
Then persistence is disabled 0.096
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.281
And all notifications have disappeared 7.827
When I delete the persistent partition 2.658
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.339
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:21.352
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 7.377
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.054
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.407
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.252
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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47.692
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 7.376
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.398
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.275
And all notifications have disappeared 7.617
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.301
And all tps features are enabled 4.541
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:10.830
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 31.338
And I enable persistence 24.181
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.558
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.604
And persistence is enabled 5.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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25.990
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 6.999
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.395
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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33.456
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 7.982
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.035
When I enable persistence 9.457
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
And persistence is successfully enabled 4.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.397
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.290
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.462
When I try to enable persistence 1.272
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.689
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.203
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.291
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.068
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.233
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.180
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 7.192
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.267
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.868
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 9.958
And all notifications have disappeared 9.012
# 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" 0.178
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.129
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.223
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.279
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.529
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 7.231
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.682
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.337
When I try to enable persistence 1.167
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.373
When I log in to a new session 9.477
And all notifications have disappeared 8.113
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.383
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000