Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 29 16 May 2026, 14:11

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 20:3.323 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.764
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.669
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.066
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.248
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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30.647
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 8.094
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.591
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.354
And persistence is disabled 0.159
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.447
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:33.303
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 8.162
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.348
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.088
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.788
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.153
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.479
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.168
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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28.994
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 7.517
And the system is very low on memory 4.111
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.178
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.572
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.108
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.606
And I free up some memory 0.922
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.924
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:27.759
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 7.815
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.380
And all tps features are active 1.245
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.923
When I disable the first tps feature 2.544
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.099
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.320
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.385
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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12.590
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 7.294
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.083
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I disable the first tps feature 2.492
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.049
When I enable the first tps feature 2.406
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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12.637
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 7.050
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I disable the first tps feature 2.539
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.870
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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39.563
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 7.111
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 9.993
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.296
When I write some files expected to persist 1.230
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.214
# 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" 11.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:38.620
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 7.202
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 9.898
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.154
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.327
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.975
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 11.526
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.361
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.056
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.054
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40.204
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 8.141
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.061
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.011
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:40.999
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 8.033
When I enable persistence 13.455
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.602
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.287
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.284
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.350
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.565
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.066
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.128
When I cold reboot the computer 6.105
And the computer reboots Tails 36.727
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.291
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.200
Given I enable persistence 6.680
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.235
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.780
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.033
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2:8.767
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 7.919
# 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 28.509
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.486
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 59.803
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.303
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.024
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38.467
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 7.745
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.861
Then persistence is disabled 0.111
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.886
And all notifications have disappeared 7.824
When I delete the persistent partition 2.661
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.375
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:18.369
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 7.564
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.064
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.177
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.343
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.012
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39.914
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 7.743
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.987
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.901
And all notifications have disappeared 7.724
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.263
And all tps features are enabled 0.995
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:3.303
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 32.049
And I enable persistence 20.398
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.702
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.637
And persistence is enabled 1.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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22.032
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 6.930
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.580
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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25.201
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 7.909
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.073
When I enable persistence 6.596
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.522
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 7.496
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.535
When I try to enable persistence 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.741
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.224
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.155
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.288
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 7.350
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.133
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.509
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.137
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 10.583
And all notifications have disappeared 8.682
# 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" 0.195
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.403
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.179
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.269
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.371
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 7.584
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.799
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.305
When I try to enable persistence 1.132
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.862
When I log in to a new session 10.165
And all notifications have disappeared 8.595
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.254
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000