Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 36 21 May 2026, 14:34

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 21:53.365 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.949
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.561
And I update the APT lists using apt 8.156
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.252
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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33.314
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 8.852
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.624
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.347
And persistence is disabled 0.144
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.346
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:49.586
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 9.976
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.368
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.109
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.320
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.066
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.548
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.923
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.212
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010
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31.882
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 7.381
And the system is very low on memory 4.680
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.215
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.146
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.143
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.392
And I free up some memory 0.900
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.959
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:34.213
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 8.855
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.368
And all tps features are active 1.368
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.064
When I disable the first tps feature 2.562
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.438
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.920
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.511
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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13.993
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 7.849
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.131
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
When I disable the first tps feature 2.616
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.061
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.060
When I enable the first tps feature 3.020
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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13.683
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 7.277
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.088
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
And I disable the first tps feature 2.635
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.573
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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45.827
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 7.527
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 13.474
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.252
When I write some files expected to persist 1.313
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.837
# 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" 13.402
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:46.229
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 7.459
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 10.226
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.147
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.567
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.378
And I capture all network traffic 0.012
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 11.821
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.393
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.087
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.094
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41.858
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 8.754
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.086
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.551
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.465
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.411
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:56.783
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.873
When I enable persistence 19.205
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.975
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.881
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.387
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.313
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.622
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.670
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.179
When I cold reboot the computer 6.334
And the computer reboots Tails 40.161
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.267
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.205
Given I enable persistence 8.511
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.244
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.731
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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2:21.244
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 8.358
# 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 29.796
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.437
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:14.297
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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40.905
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 7.697
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.360
Then persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.291
And all notifications have disappeared 7.955
When I delete the persistent partition 3.093
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.411
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:21.002
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 7.804
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.998
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.796
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.342
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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45.107
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 7.694
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.213
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.847
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.559
And all notifications have disappeared 8.564
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.372
And all tps features are enabled 1.494
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:5.403
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 32.150
And I enable persistence 20.366
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.398
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.652
And persistence is enabled 1.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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21.496
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 7.245
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 13.576
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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27.776
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.036
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.336
When I enable persistence 7.452
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.068
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
27.183
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 8.514
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.845
When I try to enable persistence 1.311
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.687
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.152
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.427
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.084
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.165
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
50.060
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 8.304
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.075
When I try to enable persistence 1.234
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.700
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.084
When I log in to a new session 12.598
And all notifications have disappeared 9.496
# 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" 0.174
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.688
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.220
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.451
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.862
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.617
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.335
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.415
When I try to enable persistence 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.179
When I log in to a new session 12.402
And all notifications have disappeared 9.299
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.614
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000