Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 33 19 May 2026, 19:25

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 21:42.664 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.285
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.751
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.113
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.329
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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34.027
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 8.599
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.627
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.235
And persistence is disabled 0.101
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.462
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:45.307
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 logged in 8.955
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.255
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.085
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.045
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.526
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.059
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.235
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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30.587
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 logged in 7.521
And the system is very low on memory 4.704
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.251
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.235
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.161
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.512
And I free up some memory 0.842
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.270
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.896
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 8.779
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.360
And all tps features are active 1.168
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.946
When I disable the first tps feature 2.517
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.321
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.210
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.403
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.048
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14.252
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.086
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.126
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.075
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I disable the first tps feature 3.145
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.079
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.041
When I enable the first tps feature 2.531
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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13.426
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 7.098
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
And I disable the first tps feature 3.158
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.978
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
40.974
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 7.631
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 12.986
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.261
When I write some files expected to persist 1.252
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.574
# 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" 13.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.324
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:45.784
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 7.680
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 10.138
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.162
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.251
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.954
And I capture all network traffic 0.021
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 11.936
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.415
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.092
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.066
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43.187
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.659
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.126
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.282
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:54.245
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 9.183
When I enable persistence 15.836
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.910
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.559
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.330
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.261
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.654
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.161
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.138
When I cold reboot the computer 9.157
And the computer reboots Tails 38.991
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.253
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.178
Given I enable persistence 7.918
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.122
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.274
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.159
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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2:17.421
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 8.464
# 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 32.247
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.117
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.980
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
Tags: @product
42.322
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 8.228
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.140
Then persistence is disabled 0.110
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.494
And all notifications have disappeared 8.335
When I delete the persistent partition 2.661
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.350
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:24.829
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 7.832
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.067
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.925
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.715
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.051
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44.529
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 7.949
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.224
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.864
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.523
And all notifications have disappeared 8.080
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.352
And all tps features are enabled 1.229
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:9.304
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 33.099
And I enable persistence 23.461
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.437
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.579
And persistence is enabled 1.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.156
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 7.053
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.400
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
28.217
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.436
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.605
When I enable persistence 8.193
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
26.465
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 8.046
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.506
When I try to enable persistence 1.319
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.913
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.295
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.068
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.175
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.839
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 8.513
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.155
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.148
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.228
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I log in to a new session 11.587
And all notifications have disappeared 9.360
# 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" 0.298
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.813
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.252
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.555
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.602
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 8.196
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.043
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.389
When I try to enable persistence 1.267
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.225
When I log in to a new session 11.098
And all notifications have disappeared 8.173
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.461
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000