Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 47 27 May 2026, 11:44

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 22:26.453 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:40.363
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 1:24.649
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.873
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.624
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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31.938
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 8.702
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.724
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.232
And persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.185
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:51.789
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 9.459
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.337
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.116
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.733
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.761
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.078
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.196
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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33.841
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 logged in 7.933
And the system is very low on memory 4.640
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.191
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.968
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.152
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.398
And I free up some memory 0.934
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.420
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:39.603
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 8.753
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.372
And all tps features are active 1.539
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.717
When I disable the first tps feature 3.098
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.668
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.762
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.359
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.331
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
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13.655
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.091
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I disable the first tps feature 2.624
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.064
When I enable the first tps feature 2.548
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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13.448
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 7.854
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
And I disable the first tps feature 2.536
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.858
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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43.282
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 7.802
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 14.309
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.273
When I write some files expected to persist 1.278
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.023
# 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" 12.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:49.313
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 7.958
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 10.494
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.120
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.857
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.950
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.322
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.413
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.062
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.071
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42.733
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 8.467
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.063
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.268
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.344
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:54.545
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 8.882
When I enable persistence 15.669
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.896
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.977
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.325
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.231
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 5.711
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.094
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.145
When I cold reboot the computer 5.188
And the computer reboots Tails 39.912
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.263
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.181
Given I enable persistence 8.896
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.081
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.290
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.645
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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2:18.355
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 8.545
# 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 32.731
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.861
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.229
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.340
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
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43.611
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 8.401
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.262
Then persistence is disabled 0.128
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.070
And all notifications have disappeared 8.508
When I delete the persistent partition 2.701
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:24.287
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 7.882
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.050
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.788
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.158
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.407
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
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47.613
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 8.509
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.095
When I try to enable persistence 1.246
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.948
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.672
And all notifications have disappeared 8.071
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 2.062
And all tps features are enabled 1.714
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:14.173
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 36.547
And I enable persistence 23.622
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.190
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.593
And persistence is enabled 2.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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24.562
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 7.750
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.191
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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28.007
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 8.171
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.037
When I enable persistence 7.541
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.071
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
30.491
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 9.009
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.659
When I try to enable persistence 1.318
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.369
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.226
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.642
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.082
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.155
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
52.097
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 7.652
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.099
When I try to enable persistence 1.171
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.817
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.199
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.040
When I log in to a new session 14.115
And all notifications have disappeared 9.039
# 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" 0.308
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.596
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.321
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.862
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.738
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 8.152
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.624
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.500
When I try to enable persistence 1.277
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.297
When I log in to a new session 11.277
And all notifications have disappeared 9.332
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.569
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000