Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 19 12 May 2026, 13:02

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 23:30.782 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.453
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.503
And I update APT using apt 7.576
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.260
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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31.698
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.708
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.581
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.362
And persistence is disabled 0.143
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.316
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:44.460
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.647
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.300
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.104
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 22.012
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.614
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.454
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.067
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.192
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.014
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31.858
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.561
And the system is very low on memory 4.641
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.273
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.940
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.131
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.387
And I free up some memory 0.822
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.559
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:40.720
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.498
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.385
And all tps features are active 1.380
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.728
When I disable the first tps feature 3.125
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.646
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.737
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.756
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.027
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13.972
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.908
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.067
When I disable the first tps feature 2.604
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.084
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.051
When I enable the first tps feature 3.019
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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13.369
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.630
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
And I disable the first tps feature 2.574
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.955
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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59.854
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.765
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 18.075
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.270
When I write some files expected to persist 1.362
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.595
# 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" 12.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:32.208
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.963
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 17.146
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.217
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.128
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.459
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 23.673
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.371
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.071
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.057
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42.134
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.445
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.109
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.874
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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3:2.734
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 9.167
When I enable persistence 18.654
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.301
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.090
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.438
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.311
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.662
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.744
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.146
When I cold reboot the computer 11.078
And the computer reboots Tails 40.867
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.290
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.203
Given I enable persistence 8.763
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.236
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.555
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
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2:18.049
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.027
# 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 28.627
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.356
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:9.429
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010
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44.705
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 9.324
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.589
Then persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.671
And all notifications have disappeared 8.185
When I delete the persistent partition 3.321
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:33.492
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
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 0.074
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.854
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.354
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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49.666
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 9.548
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.540
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.091
And all notifications have disappeared 8.042
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 2.627
And all tps features are enabled 2.159
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:13.712
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 35.155
And I enable persistence 24.146
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.421
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.788
And persistence is enabled 2.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.341
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.662
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.997
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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29.588
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.733
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.514
When I enable persistence 7.302
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
28.294
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.235
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.949
When I try to enable persistence 1.283
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.568
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.696
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.120
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.226
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.781
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.706
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.077
When I try to enable persistence 1.243
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 14.211
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.035
When I log in to a new session 10.201
And all notifications have disappeared 9.741
# 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" 0.204
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.500
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.227
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.527
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.684
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.507
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.817
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.499
When I try to enable persistence 1.232
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.530
When I log in to a new session 11.412
And all notifications have disappeared 9.765
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.114
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000