Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 18 11 May 2026, 14:40

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 21:10.344 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.891
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 1:15.788
And I update APT using apt 7.001
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.236
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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30.469
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 8.343
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.684
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.262
And persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:33.408
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.097
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.261
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.079
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.398
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.500
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.662
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.145
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.206
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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28.019
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 7.315
And the system is very low on memory 4.130
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.293
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.520
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.247
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.436
And I free up some memory 0.806
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.216
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:28.773
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 7.908
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.341
And all tps features are active 1.143
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.880
When I disable the first tps feature 2.523
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.129
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.313
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.329
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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12.653
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 7.338
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.075
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I disable the first tps feature 2.494
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.049
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.039
When I enable the first tps feature 2.415
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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12.690
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 7.091
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 2.528
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.886
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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51.197
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 6.946
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 16.451
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.280
When I write some files expected to persist 1.131
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.703
# 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" 11.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:22.795
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 7.414
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 17.427
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.119
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.769
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.534
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 22.909
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.403
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.077
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.056
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40.175
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 8.138
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.067
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.113
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:44.928
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 8.237
When I enable persistence 15.781
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.732
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.196
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.338
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.328
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.504
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.367
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.126
When I cold reboot the computer 6.173
And the computer reboots Tails 37.097
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.247
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.219
Given I enable persistence 7.058
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.075
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.285
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.022
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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2:8.827
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 7.836
# 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 27.789
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.398
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.331
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.353
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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39.592
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 8.200
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.990
Then persistence is disabled 0.099
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.394
And all notifications have disappeared 7.916
When I delete the persistent partition 2.638
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:21.484
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 7.597
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.061
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.343
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.222
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040
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42.645
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 7.911
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.172
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.339
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.006
And all notifications have disappeared 7.686
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.295
And all tps features are enabled 1.024
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:3.860
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 31.376
And I enable persistence 20.669
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.714
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.578
And persistence is enabled 1.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
21.788
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 6.805
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.486
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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26.229
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 7.817
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.006
When I enable persistence 6.550
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.263
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.792
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.494
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.180
When I try to enable persistence 1.226
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.121
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.285
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.177
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.193
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 7.402
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.902
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 10.203
And all notifications have disappeared 8.508
# 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" 0.206
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.374
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.175
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.239
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.927
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 7.493
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.247
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.326
When I try to enable persistence 1.268
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.894
When I log in to a new session 9.806
And all notifications have disappeared 7.919
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.310
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000