Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 38 21 May 2026, 15:40

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 20:17.165 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.360
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 1:20.195
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.904
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.315
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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32.491
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 8.640
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.554
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.230
And persistence is disabled 0.096
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:36.760
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 8.697
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.326
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.103
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.721
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 5.689
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.942
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.169
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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29.408
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.555
And the system is very low on memory 4.700
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.172
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.595
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.090
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.392
And I free up some memory 0.776
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.075
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:29.621
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 8.012
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.281
And all tps features are active 1.128
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.921
When I disable the first tps feature 2.487
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.100
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.961
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.668
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.074
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12.760
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 7.431
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I disable the first tps feature 2.562
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.031
When I enable the first tps feature 2.422
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
12.864
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 7.025
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
And I disable the first tps feature 2.479
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.168
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
42.326
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 7.056
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 12.444
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.210
When I write some files expected to persist 1.202
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.263
# 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" 12.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.424
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:38.682
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 7.124
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 10.749
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.107
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.949
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.736
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 11.448
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.393
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.057
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.040
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40.732
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.072
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.077
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.804
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:43.245
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 8.075
When I enable persistence 15.940
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.713
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.451
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.352
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.227
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.572
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.340
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.110
When I cold reboot the computer 6.057
And the computer reboots Tails 36.404
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.247
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.193
Given I enable persistence 6.971
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.075
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.250
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.051
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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2:3.665
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 7.470
# 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 28.446
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.526
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 59.819
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.403
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
37.619
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 7.642
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.618
Then persistence is disabled 0.174
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.279
And all notifications have disappeared 7.905
When I delete the persistent partition 2.648
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.350
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:17.919
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 7.302
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.060
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.397
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.959
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
41.423
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 7.329
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.061
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.600
And all notifications have disappeared 7.897
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.285
And all tps features are enabled 0.952
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:4.324
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 32.259
And I enable persistence 20.765
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.220
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.558
And persistence is enabled 1.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
22.191
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 7.087
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.590
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.512
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
27.469
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 8.058
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.783
When I enable persistence 6.702
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.073
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.938
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 7.286
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.409
When I try to enable persistence 1.311
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.379
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.149
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.283
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.133
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.538
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 7.161
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.071
When I try to enable persistence 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.873
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.034
When I log in to a new session 9.877
And all notifications have disappeared 8.554
# 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" 0.190
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.125
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.287
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.249
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.819
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 7.609
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.134
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.307
When I try to enable persistence 1.212
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.948
When I log in to a new session 9.809
And all notifications have disappeared 8.576
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.470
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000