Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 35 21 May 2026, 14:12

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 22:10.843 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:39.513
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 1:24.502
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.236
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.377
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.397
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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32.060
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 9.099
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.787
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.310
And persistence is disabled 0.104
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:45.541
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 logged in 8.870
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.380
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.125
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.091
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.334
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.277
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.340
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.015
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33.087
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 8.417
And the system is very low on memory 4.901
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.233
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" 0.180
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.425
And I free up some memory 0.898
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.740
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:36.628
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 8.505
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.356
And all tps features are active 1.278
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.331
When I disable the first tps feature 3.092
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.187
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.831
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.872
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.012
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14.093
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 7.815
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.083
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.080
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.082
When I disable the first tps feature 3.136
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.126
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.082
When I enable the first tps feature 2.569
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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14.344
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 7.807
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.121
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.104
And I disable the first tps feature 3.097
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.154
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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44.591
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 7.399
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.865
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.215
When I write some files expected to persist 1.343
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.812
# 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" 12.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:52.762
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 7.510
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 13.747
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.108
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.549
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.603
And I capture all network traffic 0.020
And the network is plugged 0.066
And Tor is ready 11.394
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.424
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.181
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.062
Tags: @product
42.865
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 8.509
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.116
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.178
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 20.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:58.315
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 8.774
When I enable persistence 16.846
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.423
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.929
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.329
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.335
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.687
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.219
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.182
When I cold reboot the computer 11.060
And the computer reboots Tails 39.974
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.293
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.208
Given I enable persistence 7.396
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.081
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.236
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.170
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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2:15.724
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 8.412
# 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 29.402
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.491
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.591
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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41.643
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 8.290
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.216
Then persistence is disabled 0.126
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.708
And all notifications have disappeared 7.920
When I delete the persistent partition 2.945
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:25.295
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 7.927
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.951
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.096
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.034
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46.262
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 8.149
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.068
When I try to enable persistence 1.133
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.339
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.943
And all notifications have disappeared 7.954
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.268
And all tps features are enabled 1.098
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.306
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:13.340
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 35.163
And I enable persistence 23.920
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.807
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.728
And persistence is enabled 1.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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24.233
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 7.069
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.541
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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29.180
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.663
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.430
When I enable persistence 7.136
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.075
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
26.888
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 8.204
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.289
When I try to enable persistence 1.296
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.355
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.332
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.168
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.002
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 7.997
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.187
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 1.143
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.030
When I log in to a new session 12.133
And all notifications have disappeared 9.426
# 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" 0.155
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.375
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.258
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.617
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.465
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 7.781
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.211
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.522
When I try to enable persistence 1.210
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.987
When I log in to a new session 10.945
And all notifications have disappeared 9.411
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.624
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000