Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 37 21 May 2026, 15:33

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 21:44.751 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.946
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 1:22.774
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.013
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.271
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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32.381
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 8.876
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.673
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.265
And persistence is disabled 0.120
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.445
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:45.314
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.737
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.293
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.101
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.207
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.166
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.523
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.175
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.025
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33.486
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 logged in 7.981
And the system is very low on memory 5.008
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.381
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.473
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.142
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.410
And I free up some memory 0.965
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.052
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:38.192
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 8.761
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.284
And all tps features are active 1.114
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.017
When I disable the first tps feature 2.552
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.383
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.749
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.021
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.011
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14.837
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.951
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I disable the first tps feature 3.037
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.041
When I enable the first tps feature 2.457
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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13.930
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 7.400
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.117
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.103
And I disable the first tps feature 3.154
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.112
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
41.326
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 7.312
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 14.268
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.210
When I write some files expected to persist 1.274
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.425
# 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" 12.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.440
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:49.818
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 7.331
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 10.921
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.161
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.116
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.701
And I capture all network traffic 0.019
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 12.833
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.446
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.130
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.059
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44.637
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 8.872
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.072
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.268
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 20.423
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:57.163
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 8.950
When I enable persistence 17.976
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.174
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.906
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.393
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.258
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.565
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.372
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.164
When I cold reboot the computer 9.216
And the computer reboots Tails 39.819
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.417
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.205
Given I enable persistence 7.128
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.260
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.124
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010
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2:6.680
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 8.272
# 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 27.647
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.754
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.287
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product
39.683
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 7.806
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.994
Then persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.406
And all notifications have disappeared 8.334
When I delete the persistent partition 2.679
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.371
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:22.161
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 7.646
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.080
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.137
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.016
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45.339
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 8.412
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.278
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.675
And all notifications have disappeared 7.671
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.487
And all tps features are enabled 1.210
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:8.827
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 34.027
And I enable persistence 22.117
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.383
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.647
And persistence is enabled 1.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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22.998
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 7.458
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.966
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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28.350
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 8.707
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.488
When I enable persistence 8.056
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
27.892
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 8.056
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.287
When I try to enable persistence 1.299
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.400
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.259
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.373
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.066
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.135
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.035
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 8.025
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.103
When I try to enable persistence 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.295
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.067
When I log in to a new session 12.180
And all notifications have disappeared 9.424
# 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" 0.183
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.634
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.311
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.600
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.746
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 7.594
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.992
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.395
When I try to enable persistence 1.248
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.932
When I log in to a new session 10.637
And all notifications have disappeared 8.463
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 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000