Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 43 26 May 2026, 14:21

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 19:55.956 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:16.639
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.360
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.263
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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28.473
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 7.944
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.373
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.255
And persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:33.270
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 8.168
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.261
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.114
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.579
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.916
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.959
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.178
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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28.840
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 7.241
And the system is very low on memory 4.404
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.315
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.598
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.092
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.376
And I free up some memory 0.760
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.978
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:28.456
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 8.101
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.278
And all tps features are active 1.037
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.795
When I disable the first tps feature 2.457
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.058
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.385
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.320
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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12.646
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 7.297
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
When I disable the first tps feature 2.533
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.054
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.034
When I enable the first tps feature 2.448
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
12.623
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 7.145
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.047
And I disable the first tps feature 2.471
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.849
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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38.270
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 7.402
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 8.334
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.286
When I write some files expected to persist 1.242
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.237
# 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" 11.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.481
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:41.216
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 7.040
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 9.437
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.127
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.409
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.171
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.053
And Tor is ready 13.421
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.356
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.086
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.064
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40.707
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.191
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.058
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.189
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.268
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:46.575
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 8.214
When I enable persistence 14.442
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.707
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.278
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.312
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.239
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.505
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.974
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.132
When I cold reboot the computer 9.906
And the computer reboots Tails 36.998
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.256
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.175
Given I enable persistence 6.977
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.066
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.227
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.037
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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2:3.302
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 7.574
# 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 27.156
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.090
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 59.186
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.294
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
38.061
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 7.477
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.023
Then persistence is disabled 0.101
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.481
And all notifications have disappeared 7.978
When I delete the persistent partition 2.667
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.330
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:13.467
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 7.182
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.060
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.449
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.562
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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41.519
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 7.162
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.350
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.721
And all notifications have disappeared 7.695
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.284
And all tps features are enabled 1.016
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:1.938
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 30.927
And I enable persistence 19.671
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.330
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.530
And persistence is enabled 1.478
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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21.876
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 6.887
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.470
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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24.422
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 7.798
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.920
When I enable persistence 5.979
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.328
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 7.297
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.972
When I try to enable persistence 1.302
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.083
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.393
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.149
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.615
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 7.184
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.412
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 10.074
And all notifications have disappeared 8.877
# 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" 0.181
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.362
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.180
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.193
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.338
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 7.204
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.131
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.358
When I try to enable persistence 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.865
When I log in to a new session 9.742
And all notifications have disappeared 8.439
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.562
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000