Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 45 26 May 2026, 18:40

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 22:7.256 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.716
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 1:21.883
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.757
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.258
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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30.867
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 8.993
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.484
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.282
And persistence is disabled 0.117
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:46.553
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 8.983
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.323
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.082
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.134
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.891
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.798
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.230
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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32.138
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 7.879
And the system is very low on memory 4.364
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.307
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.934
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.140
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.461
And I free up some memory 0.997
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.008
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:35.126
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 8.579
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.394
And all tps features are active 1.297
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.097
When I disable the first tps feature 3.181
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.156
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.636
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.192
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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13.476
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 8.069
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I disable the first tps feature 2.536
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.055
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.477
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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14.304
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 7.877
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.092
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
And I disable the first tps feature 3.209
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.997
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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43.285
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 7.217
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 12.732
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.205
When I write some files expected to persist 1.117
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.519
# 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" 12.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:50.630
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 7.567
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 10.670
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.208
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.812
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.216
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 12.479
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.439
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.059
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.048
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44.475
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.662
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.068
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 16.225
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:59.973
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 8.771
When I enable persistence 19.401
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.081
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.816
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.365
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.214
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.566
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.800
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.154
When I cold reboot the computer 9.285
And the computer reboots Tails 40.187
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.322
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.217
Given I enable persistence 8.200
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.090
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.248
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.079
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
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2:22.880
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 8.316
# 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 30.186
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.171
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.352
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 28.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
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42.320
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 8.543
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.663
Then persistence is disabled 0.135
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.596
And all notifications have disappeared 8.157
When I delete the persistent partition 2.768
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.455
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:27.090
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 7.662
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.062
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.686
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.236
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.013
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43.442
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 7.700
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.230
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.566
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.412
And all notifications have disappeared 8.068
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.266
And all tps features are enabled 0.985
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:12.140
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 35.129
And I enable persistence 22.582
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.086
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.590
And persistence is enabled 1.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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24.563
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 7.509
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.531
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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26.852
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 8.003
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.106
When I enable persistence 6.942
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
27.724
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 8.250
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.491
When I try to enable persistence 1.293
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.312
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.171
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.658
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.090
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.211
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.518
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 7.588
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.100
When I try to enable persistence 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.970
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 10.264
And all notifications have disappeared 9.678
# 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" 0.227
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.557
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.265
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.521
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.172
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 7.603
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.513
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.431
When I try to enable persistence 1.262
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.801
When I log in to a new session 11.343
And all notifications have disappeared 8.285
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.959
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000