Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 14 08 May 2026, 14:24

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 21:49.259 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.490
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 1:19.768
And I update APT using apt 7.329
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.289
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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30.317
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 8.592
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.621
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.275
And persistence is disabled 0.096
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:39.590
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 logged in 8.424
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.422
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.089
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.760
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.447
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.765
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.470
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.166
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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42.930
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 20.079
And the system is very low on memory 4.509
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.161
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.412
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.106
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.485
And I free up some memory 0.836
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.255
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:32.761
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.623
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.313
And all tps features are active 1.137
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.052
When I disable the first tps feature 2.581
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.089
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.733
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.968
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038
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13.396
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.414
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.049
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.141
When I disable the first tps feature 3.028
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.041
When I enable the first tps feature 2.495
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
12.787
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.219
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
And I disable the first tps feature 2.538
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.870
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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58.458
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.672
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 16.987
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.291
When I write some files expected to persist 1.373
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.034
# 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" 12.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.366
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:27.023
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.723
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 16.742
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.160
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.087
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.091
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 22.591
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.370
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.063
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051
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40.214
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 8.321
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.062
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.934
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:50.549
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 8.267
When I enable persistence 16.962
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.702
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.795
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.323
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.280
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.528
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.527
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.162
When I cold reboot the computer 9.218
And the computer reboots Tails 37.513
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.290
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.199
Given I enable persistence 7.567
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.122
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.228
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.723
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:12.287
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.453
# 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 30.528
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.072
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.741
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
37.724
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 7.187
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.609
Then persistence is disabled 0.084
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.013
And all notifications have disappeared 7.839
When I delete the persistent partition 2.652
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.337
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:15.546
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 6.931
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.049
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.443
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.908
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
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41.724
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.137
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.044
When I try to enable persistence 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.782
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.358
And all notifications have disappeared 7.659
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.272
And all tps features are enabled 1.131
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:3.425
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 30.587
And I enable persistence 21.159
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.518
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.567
And persistence is enabled 1.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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21.147
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 6.798
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 13.824
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.997
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.332
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.147
When I enable persistence 6.753
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.071
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.989
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 7.157
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.863
When I try to enable persistence 1.253
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.002
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.229
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.323
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.091
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.169
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.278
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.037
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.926
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 9.446
And all notifications have disappeared 9.574
# 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" 0.329
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.493
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.158
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.182
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.619
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 6.996
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.623
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.327
When I try to enable persistence 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.167
When I log in to a new session 10.362
And all notifications have disappeared 8.092
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.223
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000