Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 24 13 May 2026, 19:48

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 21:20.665 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.463
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 1:19.682
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.531
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.346
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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31.126
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 8.430
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.386
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.234
And persistence is disabled 0.089
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:42.360
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 logged in 9.142
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.297
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.111
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.747
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.253
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.468
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.239
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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31.270
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 logged in 7.705
And the system is very low on memory 5.666
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.171
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.240
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.117
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.364
And I free up some memory 0.904
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.052
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:28.569
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 8.271
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.308
And all tps features are active 1.166
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.129
When I disable the first tps feature 2.563
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.138
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.828
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.855
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.309
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
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13.121
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.734
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.046
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
When I disable the first tps feature 2.514
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.056
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.048
When I enable the first tps feature 2.458
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
13.056
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 7.353
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
And I disable the first tps feature 2.578
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.949
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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44.237
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 7.226
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 13.517
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.189
When I write some files expected to persist 1.201
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.874
# 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? (tails/tails#10330)
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 12.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:45.702
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 7.180
And the network is plugged 0.097
And Tor is ready 10.059
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.137
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.760
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.387
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.448
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.402
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.088
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.048
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43.015
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.670
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.087
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.914
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.344
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:53.050
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 8.453
When I enable persistence 15.939
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.842
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.793
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.351
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.273
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.569
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.585
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.119
When I cold reboot the computer 10.271
And the computer reboots Tails 39.346
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.362
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.263
Given I enable persistence 7.375
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.265
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.940
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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2:20.057
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 8.332
# 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 30.295
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.039
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.910
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.480
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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41.005
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 8.501
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.996
Then persistence is disabled 0.159
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.591
And all notifications have disappeared 7.814
When I delete the persistent partition 3.390
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:19.714
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 7.750
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.065
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.466
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.187
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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42.749
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 8.210
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.860
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.165
And all notifications have disappeared 7.727
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.303
And all tps features are enabled 1.115
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:7.629
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 33.120
And I enable persistence 21.780
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.607
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.602
And persistence is enabled 1.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
21.601
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 7.135
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 13.942
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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29.293
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 8.090
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 12.302
When I enable persistence 6.973
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.069
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
26.912
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 7.707
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.522
When I try to enable persistence 1.236
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.556
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.167
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.457
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.084
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.148
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.440
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 7.681
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.146
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.100
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 10.942
And all notifications have disappeared 9.317
# 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" 0.301
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.104
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.263
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.497
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.284
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 7.813
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.359
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.323
When I try to enable persistence 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.718
When I log in to a new session 9.597
And all notifications have disappeared 8.949
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.317
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000