Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 3 22 Apr 2026, 14:55

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 25:57.222 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:14.552
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:55.883
And I update APT using apt 7.834
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 9.072
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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47.312
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.668
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.923
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.275
And persistence is disabled 0.113
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 15.330
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:57.558
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.370
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.345
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.116
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 32.742
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.628
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.189
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.952
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.166
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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41.151
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.402
And the system is very low on memory 14.517
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.294
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.446
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.121
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.394
And I free up some memory 0.866
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.984
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:54.239
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.427
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.485
And all tps features are active 1.273
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.114
When I disable the first tps feature 3.032
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.144
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.669
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:19.727
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.363
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
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12.919
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.500
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 2.608
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.054
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.034
When I enable the first tps feature 2.439
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.097
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
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 0.105
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.086
And I disable the first tps feature 2.675
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.889
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:2.991
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.108
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 18.488
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.204
When I write some files expected to persist 1.114
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.053
# 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" 12.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.367
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:27.101
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.205
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 17.694
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.148
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 21.536
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:17.786
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 22.036
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.368
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.080
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040
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54.220
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.401
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.187
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 19.710
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 24.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.384
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:59.970
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.433
When I enable persistence 27.193
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.177
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.286
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.357
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.280
# 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 24.457
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.143
When I cold reboot the computer 10.251
And the computer reboots Tails 36.392
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.343
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.197
Given I enable persistence 6.965
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.318
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.460
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:32.912
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.853
# 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 43.108
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.919
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.657
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.374
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
56.154
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.545
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.024
Then persistence is disabled 0.105
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 14.702
And all notifications have disappeared 8.825
When I delete the persistent partition 2.645
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:27.197
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.363
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.507
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.001
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
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53.537
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.569
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.091
When I try to enable persistence 1.235
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 21.554
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.340
And all notifications have disappeared 8.184
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.304
And all tps features are enabled 1.089
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:13.464
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 40.619
And I enable persistence 21.104
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.583
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.560
And persistence is enabled 1.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.160
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 6.964
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.646
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.890
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.901
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 19.404
When I enable persistence 6.762
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.074
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.290
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.593
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.635
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 18.743
When I try to enable persistence 1.257
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.089
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.317
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.183
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
54.573
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.487
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.081
When I try to enable persistence 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 21.162
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.194
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 10.980
And all notifications have disappeared 8.742
# 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" 0.239
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.095
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.192
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.250
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:1.624
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.882
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 24.841
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.338
When I try to enable persistence 1.224
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.519
When I log in to a new session 11.699
And all notifications have disappeared 9.782
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.640
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000