Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 52 06 Jun 2026, 14:26

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 21:1.811 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.897
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 1:21.345
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.519
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.246
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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29.947
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 8.312
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.586
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.305
And persistence is disabled 0.129
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.579
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 8.620
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.301
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.091
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.200
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.550
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.490
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.213
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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30.407
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 7.336
And the system is very low on memory 4.307
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.465
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" 0.166
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.367
And I free up some memory 0.822
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.923
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:33.729
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.536
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.368
And all tps features are active 1.357
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.023
When I disable the first tps feature 2.489
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.150
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.921
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.704
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.512
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.028
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13.695
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 7.622
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.089
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I disable the first tps feature 3.093
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.063
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.039
When I enable the first tps feature 2.539
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
12.825
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.029
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.164
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
And I disable the first tps feature 2.517
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.966
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
44.940
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 7.256
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 13.533
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.202
When I write some files expected to persist 1.242
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.638
# 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" 13.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.358
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:46.797
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 7.405
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 11.849
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 9.619
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.394
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 12.797
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.366
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.055
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.056
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42.003
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.665
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.074
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.956
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.306
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:47.341
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 8.708
When I enable persistence 15.753
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.874
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.442
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.306
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.280
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.587
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.097
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.161
When I cold reboot the computer 6.478
And the computer reboots Tails 37.586
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.276
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.211
Given I enable persistence 6.831
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.085
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.267
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.209
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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2:6.650
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 8.180
# 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 28.535
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.234
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.523
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
39.005
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 8.032
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.690
Then persistence is disabled 0.105
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.020
And all notifications have disappeared 8.134
When I delete the persistent partition 2.680
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.342
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:19.561
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 7.747
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.058
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.661
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.873
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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43.623
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 7.425
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.465
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.839
And all notifications have disappeared 7.836
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.310
And all tps features are enabled 1.381
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:6.366
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 32.563
And I enable persistence 21.822
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.668
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.574
And persistence is enabled 1.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.378
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 7.266
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.569
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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26.753
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 7.433
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.658
When I enable persistence 7.658
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
25.941
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 8.275
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.303
When I try to enable persistence 1.344
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.785
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.883
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.158
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.404
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.649
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.066
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.212
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.042
When I log in to a new session 11.007
And all notifications have disappeared 10.031
# 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" 0.157
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.751
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.260
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.275
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.961
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 7.347
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.302
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.365
When I try to enable persistence 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.637
When I log in to a new session 11.000
And all notifications have disappeared 9.152
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.985
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000