Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 48 01 Jun 2026, 18:53

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 19:45.106 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.545
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.945
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.569
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.256
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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28.660
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 8.026
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.027
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.289
And persistence is disabled 0.089
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:34.472
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 8.005
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.268
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.081
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.645
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.081
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.146
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.028
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.167
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.022
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28.799
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 7.248
And the system is very low on memory 4.204
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.154
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.873
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.095
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.415
And I free up some memory 0.817
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.939
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:25.760
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 7.969
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.240
And all tps features are active 1.088
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.800
When I disable the first tps feature 2.624
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.013
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.296
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.664
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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12.854
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 7.469
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.097
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I disable the first tps feature 2.482
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.060
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.071
When I enable the first tps feature 2.438
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
12.614
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 7.004
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.101
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
And I disable the first tps feature 2.489
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.902
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
36.109
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 6.926
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 10.834
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.145
When I write some files expected to persist 1.185
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.271
# 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" 11.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:35.494
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 6.884
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 10.009
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.156
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.697
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.149
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 11.965
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.403
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.079
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.041
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39.686
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 8.055
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.075
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.762
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:42.108
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 8.144
When I enable persistence 15.730
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.597
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.389
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.342
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.266
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.491
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.958
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.128
When I cold reboot the computer 6.090
And the computer reboots Tails 36.521
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.258
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.185
Given I enable persistence 6.650
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.084
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.233
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.901
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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2:3.789
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 7.716
# 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 26.221
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.022
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.466
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.365
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.027
Tags: @product
37.701
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 7.411
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.240
Then persistence is disabled 0.106
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.055
And all notifications have disappeared 7.768
When I delete the persistent partition 2.712
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.407
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:18.070
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 7.238
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.936
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.639
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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39.853
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 7.019
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.261
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.389
And all notifications have disappeared 7.631
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.312
And all tps features are enabled 0.893
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:0.595
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 30.406
And I enable persistence 19.691
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.455
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.622
And persistence is enabled 1.419
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
22.136
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 6.885
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.728
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.049
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 7.614
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.005
When I enable persistence 5.756
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
26.072
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 7.709
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.237
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.471
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.187
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.245
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.147
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.792
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 7.486
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.155
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.538
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.151
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 9.539
And all notifications have disappeared 9.223
# 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 0.095
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.229
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.334
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.937
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 7.507
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.889
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.307
When I try to enable persistence 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.796
When I log in to a new session 9.733
And all notifications have disappeared 8.586
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.279
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000