Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 34 19 May 2026, 19:42

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 21:25.814 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.327
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 1:21.980
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.876
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.405
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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32.152
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 8.815
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.519
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.320
And persistence is disabled 0.130
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.365
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:48.651
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.685
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.312
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.105
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 22.643
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.096
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.849
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.682
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.221
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.029
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30.852
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.025
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.207
And the system is very low on memory 4.294
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.313
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.849
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.144
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.422
And I free up some memory 0.928
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.640
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:38.684
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 8.969
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.357
And all tps features are active 1.451
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.243
When I disable the first tps feature 2.555
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.348
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.115
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.235
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.014
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13.655
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 8.194
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.140
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.075
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.072
When I disable the first tps feature 2.542
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.034
When I enable the first tps feature 2.447
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.524
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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13.462
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 7.119
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.093
And I disable the first tps feature 3.167
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.955
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
45.612
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 7.335
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 13.943
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.253
When I write some files expected to persist 1.393
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.733
# 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" 12.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:47.106
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 7.398
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 10.555
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.146
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.494
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.634
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 11.278
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.388
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.059
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.050
Tags: @product
41.731
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 8.612
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.055
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.424
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:47.353
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 8.601
When I enable persistence 15.317
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.834
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.807
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.305
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.219
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.525
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.463
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.195
When I cold reboot the computer 6.183
And the computer reboots Tails 37.613
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.251
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.169
Given I enable persistence 7.248
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.078
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.269
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.101
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.038
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2:11.424
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 7.972
# 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 29.138
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.157
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.417
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
41.101
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 8.445
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.430
Then persistence is disabled 0.118
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.850
And all notifications have disappeared 8.133
When I delete the persistent partition 2.727
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.395
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:25.152
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 8.334
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.061
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.673
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.866
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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42.860
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 7.317
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.226
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.323
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.463
And all notifications have disappeared 7.915
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.333
And all tps features are enabled 1.031
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:7.854
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 32.956
And I enable persistence 21.887
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.690
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.642
And persistence is enabled 1.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
22.688
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 7.069
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.120
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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25.303
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.676
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.229
When I enable persistence 6.710
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
25.865
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 7.682
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.666
When I try to enable persistence 1.293
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.197
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.344
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.157
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.280
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.193
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 7.466
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.091
When I try to enable persistence 1.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.247
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I log in to a new session 10.485
And all notifications have disappeared 8.879
# 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" 0.272
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.095
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.209
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 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.780
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 7.404
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.593
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.413
When I try to enable persistence 1.256
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.747
When I log in to a new session 9.966
And all notifications have disappeared 9.266
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.352
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000