Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 21 12 May 2026, 15:25

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 21:41.715 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.640
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.826
And I update APT using apt 7.705
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.284
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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29.987
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 8.165
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.519
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.276
And persistence is disabled 0.119
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.883
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 8.569
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.326
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.111
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.821
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.435
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.095
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.275
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.195
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
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28.923
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.638
And the system is very low on memory 3.938
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.233
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.637
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.169
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.439
And I free up some memory 0.944
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.867
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:33.311
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 8.057
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.287
And all tps features are active 1.218
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.247
When I disable the first tps feature 2.520
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.263
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.289
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.245
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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12.899
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 7.423
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.079
When I disable the first tps feature 2.558
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.083
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.051
When I enable the first tps feature 2.458
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
12.999
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 7.469
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
And I disable the first tps feature 2.502
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.852
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
59.889
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 7.186
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 20.461
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.232
When I write some files expected to persist 1.243
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.725
# 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" 12.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.398
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:27.646
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 7.778
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 17.318
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.247
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.218
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.721
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 22.682
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.422
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.055
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.038
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40.056
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.290
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.066
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.854
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:50.433
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 8.481
When I enable persistence 15.211
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.575
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.459
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.369
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.380
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.591
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.247
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.151
When I cold reboot the computer 10.279
And the computer reboots Tails 36.833
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.261
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.204
Given I enable persistence 8.557
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.090
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.302
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.254
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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2:10.255
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 8.413
# 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 29.387
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.686
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.608
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
38.740
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.944
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.809
Then persistence is disabled 0.099
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.052
And all notifications have disappeared 7.760
When I delete the persistent partition 2.698
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.375
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:19.583
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 7.404
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.074
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.684
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.185
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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40.059
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.529
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.522
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.645
And all notifications have disappeared 7.753
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.298
And all tps features are enabled 1.046
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:2.845
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 32.135
And I enable persistence 20.022
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.566
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.596
And persistence is enabled 1.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
21.998
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 7.034
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.441
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
25.091
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 7.766
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.053
When I enable persistence 6.557
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.907
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 7.746
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.153
When I try to enable persistence 1.343
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.994
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.345
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.183
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.440
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 7.446
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.079
When I try to enable persistence 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.424
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.148
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 9.963
And all notifications have disappeared 8.586
# 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" 0.230
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.348
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.146
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.190
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.121
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 7.247
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.959
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.294
When I try to enable persistence 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.513
When I log in to a new session 9.526
And all notifications have disappeared 9.395
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.268
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000