Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 1 20 Apr 2026, 19:31

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 23:1.789 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:38.123
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.150
And I update APT using apt 8.226
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.620
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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32.408
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 8.649
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.348
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.259
And persistence is disabled 0.121
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:48.597
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 9.207
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.524
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.150
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 22.683
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.542
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.968
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.271
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.185
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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34.451
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 8.464
And the system is very low on memory 5.453
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.407
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.968
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.165
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.485
And I free up some memory 1.502
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.464
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:34.486
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 8.531
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.329
And all tps features are active 1.673
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.322
When I disable the first tps feature 2.678
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.328
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.929
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.242
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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14.543
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 8.420
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.084
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.046
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.074
When I disable the first tps feature 3.080
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.064
When I enable the first tps feature 2.559
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.083
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.710
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.022
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.102
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.093
And I disable the first tps feature 2.572
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.872
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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47.231
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.037
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 18.708
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.248
When I write some files expected to persist 1.326
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.677
# 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" 13.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:33.541
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.015
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 19.287
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.154
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.727
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:22.168
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 23.368
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.474
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.100
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044
Tags: @product
42.865
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.142
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.089
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.967
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:2.186
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 9.531
When I enable persistence 17.722
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.432
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.057
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.398
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.302
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.649
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.588
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.138
When I cold reboot the computer 10.713
And the computer reboots Tails 40.324
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.343
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.183
Given I enable persistence 8.357
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.290
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.916
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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2:11.115
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 8.748
# 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 27.629
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.342
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.433
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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42.529
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 8.835
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.349
Then persistence is disabled 0.184
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.418
And all notifications have disappeared 8.438
When I delete the persistent partition 2.841
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:27.608
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.848
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.073
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.630
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.779
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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47.374
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.828
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.242
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.283
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.185
And all notifications have disappeared 8.511
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.301
And all tps features are enabled 1.578
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:11.454
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 36.266
And I enable persistence 22.437
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.143
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.783
And persistence is enabled 1.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.215
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
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 7.549
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.089
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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27.663
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 8.744
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.992
When I enable persistence 6.967
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
29.891
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.572
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.877
When I try to enable persistence 1.245
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.556
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.212
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.896
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.084
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.211
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.506
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.975
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.116
When I try to enable persistence 1.237
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.811
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.172
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.038
When I log in to a new session 12.805
And all notifications have disappeared 8.700
# 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" 0.210
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.125
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.479
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.842
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.283
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.409
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.198
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.402
When I try to enable persistence 1.216
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.468
When I log in to a new session 11.335
And all notifications have disappeared 9.681
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.835
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.299
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000