Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 27 14 May 2026, 14:17

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 21:21.747 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:39.558
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 1:24.032
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.470
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.280
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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32.138
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 8.869
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.762
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.269
And persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:40.856
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 8.878
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.312
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.097
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.870
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.040
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.692
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.687
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.228
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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31.299
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.488
And the system is very low on memory 4.737
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.268
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.589
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.156
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.412
And I free up some memory 0.903
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.699
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:29.188
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 8.042
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.338
And all tps features are active 1.341
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.385
When I disable the first tps feature 3.070
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.273
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.587
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.981
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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13.447
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 7.975
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.091
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I disable the first tps feature 2.593
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.059
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.046
When I enable the first tps feature 2.435
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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13.404
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 7.272
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.048
And I disable the first tps feature 3.061
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.883
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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43.318
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.398
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.450
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.216
When I write some files expected to persist 1.247
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.348
# 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" 12.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.440
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:46.480
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 6.988
And the network is plugged 0.054
And Tor is ready 10.051
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.185
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.498
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.246
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 12.902
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.356
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.078
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.051
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40.946
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 8.619
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.070
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.033
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:52.714
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 8.678
When I enable persistence 17.290
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.767
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.773
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.294
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.217
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.582
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.768
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.258
When I cold reboot the computer 8.924
And the computer reboots Tails 37.752
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.274
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.198
Given I enable persistence 7.588
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.113
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.257
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.791
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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2:10.949
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 8.206
# 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 26.712
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.368
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.241
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.419
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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41.250
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 8.471
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.460
Then persistence is disabled 0.114
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.979
And all notifications have disappeared 8.017
When I delete the persistent partition 2.784
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.422
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.303
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:25.173
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 7.563
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.056
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.917
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.348
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.030
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44.682
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 7.970
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.256
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.697
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.464
And all notifications have disappeared 7.741
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.242
And all tps features are enabled 1.128
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:6.837
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 33.611
And I enable persistence 21.143
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.225
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.705
And persistence is enabled 2.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
22.710
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 7.286
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.828
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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27.419
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 7.878
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.606
When I enable persistence 6.953
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
27.452
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 8.225
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.855
When I try to enable persistence 1.236
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.123
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.209
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.460
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.091
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.166
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.231
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 7.764
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.908
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 11.082
And all notifications have disappeared 9.152
# 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" 0.348
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.423
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.147
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.248
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.687
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 7.413
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.889
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.351
When I try to enable persistence 1.239
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.756
When I log in to a new session 11.659
And all notifications have disappeared 8.744
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.872
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000