Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 2 21 Apr 2026, 16:16

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 23:18.291 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.419
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.099
And I update APT using apt 8.267
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.257
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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30.445
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 8.879
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.010
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.275
And persistence is disabled 0.121
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:47.183
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 8.936
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.538
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.111
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.847
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.530
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.910
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.172
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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33.516
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 logged in 7.630
And the system is very low on memory 5.471
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.344
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.289
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.137
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.485
And I free up some memory 0.925
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.670
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:37.994
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 8.444
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.367
And all tps features are active 1.318
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.566
When I disable the first tps feature 3.195
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.508
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.509
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.822
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
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13.911
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 8.471
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I disable the first tps feature 2.595
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.044
When I enable the first tps feature 2.453
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.875
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 7.698
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
And I disable the first tps feature 2.994
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.012
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:22.863
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 8.017
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 40.687
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.357
When I write some files expected to persist 1.448
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.269
# 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" 13.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:26.866
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.237
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 17.213
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.133
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.278
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:17.931
And I capture all network traffic 0.011
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 23.381
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.432
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.082
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.065
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42.603
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.541
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.072
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.121
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.405
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:56.955
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.876
When I enable persistence 16.930
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.856
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.822
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.377
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.274
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.562
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.437
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.197
When I cold reboot the computer 10.631
And the computer reboots Tails 39.195
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.341
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.222
Given I enable persistence 7.812
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.080
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.279
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.903
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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2:16.335
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 8.310
# 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 32.959
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.203
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.150
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 17.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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43.949
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 7.846
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.996
Then persistence is disabled 0.094
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.172
And all notifications have disappeared 9.330
When I delete the persistent partition 3.171
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.336
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:24.084
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 7.862
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.093
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.467
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.260
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.402
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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46.189
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 8.749
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.044
When I try to enable persistence 1.225
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.893
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.419
And all notifications have disappeared 8.162
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.361
And all tps features are enabled 1.093
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:8.368
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 34.054
And I enable persistence 21.739
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.407
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.551
And persistence is enabled 1.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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23.598
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 7.573
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.472
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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28.597
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.560
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.004
When I enable persistence 7.858
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
27.513
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 8.149
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.023
When I try to enable persistence 1.305
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.147
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.285
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.171
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.618
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.984
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.255
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.141
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.235
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.037
When I log in to a new session 11.643
And all notifications have disappeared 9.522
# 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" 0.252
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.665
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.305
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.494
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.401
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 7.835
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.865
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.370
When I try to enable persistence 1.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.402
When I log in to a new session 11.139
And all notifications have disappeared 9.292
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.411
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000