Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 53 07 Jun 2026, 14:38

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 20:54.922 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.631
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.558
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.867
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.296
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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30.586
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.884
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.197
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.293
And persistence is disabled 0.118
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:39.046
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 8.595
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.267
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.084
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.239
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 5.538
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.987
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.216
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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30.313
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.656
And the system is very low on memory 4.308
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.336
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.784
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.171
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.426
And I free up some memory 0.858
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.717
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:33.984
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 8.212
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.345
And all tps features are active 1.503
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.244
When I disable the first tps feature 2.596
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.086
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.529
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.271
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010
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12.774
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 7.319
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 0.071
When I disable the first tps feature 2.575
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.073
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.036
When I enable the first tps feature 2.450
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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12.805
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 7.133
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.083
And I disable the first tps feature 2.503
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.972
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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45.393
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 7.612
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 13.771
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.431
When I write some files expected to persist 1.260
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.760
# 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" 12.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:41.542
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 7.171
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 10.978
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.182
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.279
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.465
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 11.727
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.442
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.163
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.066
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42.382
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 8.423
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.060
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.966
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:46.279
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 8.288
When I enable persistence 15.619
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.914
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.672
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.360
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.215
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.553
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.110
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.158
When I cold reboot the computer 6.721
And the computer reboots Tails 38.182
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.344
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.192
Given I enable persistence 7.135
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.079
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.221
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.343
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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2:8.321
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 8.239
# 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 28.739
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.550
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.777
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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40.187
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 7.592
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.830
Then persistence is disabled 0.105
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.448
And all notifications have disappeared 8.105
When I delete the persistent partition 2.742
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:22.610
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 7.630
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.046
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.757
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.891
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.284
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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41.525
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 7.457
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.045
When I try to enable persistence 1.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.157
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.620
And all notifications have disappeared 7.630
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.378
And all tps features are enabled 0.961
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:9.590
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 33.427
And I enable persistence 23.806
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.039
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.558
And persistence is enabled 1.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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21.785
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 7.297
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 13.950
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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26.001
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 8.046
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.400
When I enable persistence 6.800
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
25.873
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 7.375
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.576
When I try to enable persistence 1.246
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.742
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.434
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.066
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.241
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.694
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 7.524
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.243
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.388
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.255
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.031
When I log in to a new session 10.591
And all notifications have disappeared 9.165
# 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" 0.168
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.568
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.337
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.567
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.592
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 7.477
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.509
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.408
When I try to enable persistence 1.247
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.193
When I log in to a new session 11.075
And all notifications have disappeared 8.545
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.425
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000