Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 20 12 May 2026, 14:33

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 22:36.403 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:41.467
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:23.703
And I update APT using apt 7.304
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 9.425
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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31.200
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 8.752
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.769
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.254
And persistence is disabled 0.106
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.317
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:44.272
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 9.117
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.286
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.114
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.867
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.476
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.106
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.038
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.206
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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29.957
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 7.541
And the system is very low on memory 4.734
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.321
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.901
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.102
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.458
And I free up some memory 0.868
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.970
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:32.619
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 8.637
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.324
And all tps features are active 1.419
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.935
When I disable the first tps feature 2.520
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.362
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.952
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.286
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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13.603
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.567
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.143
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I disable the first tps feature 3.035
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.513
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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13.448
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 7.612
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
And I disable the first tps feature 2.654
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.995
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:6.178
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 7.644
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 23.890
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.221
When I write some files expected to persist 1.222
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.333
# 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" 12.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:26.701
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 7.521
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 16.389
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.131
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.244
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.043
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 22.709
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.422
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.073
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.061
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40.221
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.696
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.077
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.566
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:49.434
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 8.705
When I enable persistence 15.166
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.864
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.595
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.300
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.289
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.490
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.399
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.154
When I cold reboot the computer 9.026
And the computer reboots Tails 37.541
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.249
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.264
Given I enable persistence 7.048
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.082
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.211
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.851
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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2:16.421
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.984
# 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 31.633
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.533
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.124
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.337
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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40.054
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 7.922
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.026
Then persistence is disabled 0.112
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.312
And all notifications have disappeared 8.393
When I delete the persistent partition 2.819
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:27.386
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 7.774
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.070
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.227
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.026
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.022
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44.622
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 7.714
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.088
When I try to enable persistence 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.054
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.125
And all notifications have disappeared 7.779
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.390
And all tps features are enabled 1.098
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:9.789
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.013
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 33.726
And I enable persistence 23.266
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.372
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.604
And persistence is enabled 1.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.709
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 6.833
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.351
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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27.075
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 8.005
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.718
When I enable persistence 7.098
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
26.685
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 7.828
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.776
When I try to enable persistence 1.347
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.557
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.234
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.556
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.071
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.201
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.458
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 7.487
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.182
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 11.467
And all notifications have disappeared 9.011
# 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" 0.191
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.109
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.319
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.463
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.092
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 7.852
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.644
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.343
When I try to enable persistence 1.227
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.391
When I log in to a new session 10.910
And all notifications have disappeared 8.464
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.444
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000