Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 59 12 Jun 2026, 12:53

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 22:41.814 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.058
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.498
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.468
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.263
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.492
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.020
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.954
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.996
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.219
And persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:46.145
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.159
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.392
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.082
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.007
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.460
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.713
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.203
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
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31.178
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.961
And the system is very low on memory 4.657
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.244
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.936
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.099
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.656
And I free up some memory 0.961
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.612
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:48.021
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.890
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.384
And all tps features are active 5.322
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.974
When I disable the first tps feature 2.559
Then all tps features but the first one are active 6.016
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.278
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.006
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039
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13.628
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.661
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.087
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.047
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I disable the first tps feature 3.068
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.050
When I enable the first tps feature 2.463
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.083
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.451
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.021
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.710
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
And I disable the first tps feature 2.713
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.863
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
48.527
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.023
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 12.099
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.189
When I write some files expected to persist 1.515
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.200
# 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" 12.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:48.026
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.851
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 10.309
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.169
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.020
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.632
And I capture all network traffic 0.017
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 12.408
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.393
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.081
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.073
Tags: @product
40.931
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.750
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.108
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.337
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:58.494
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.652
When I enable persistence 19.029
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.941
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.513
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.318
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.225
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.530
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.706
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.172
When I cold reboot the computer 9.215
And the computer reboots Tails 38.249
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.274
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.180
Given I enable persistence 11.880
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.270
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.118
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
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2:16.935
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.433
# 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 30.474
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.564
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.083
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.378
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product
40.950
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.318
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.462
Then persistence is disabled 0.112
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.847
And all notifications have disappeared 8.205
When I delete the persistent partition 2.635
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.369
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:28.121
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.981
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.062
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.928
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.889
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035
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54.578
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.758
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.435
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.452
And all notifications have disappeared 8.037
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.265
And all tps features are enabled 5.212
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.449
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
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 36.026
And I enable persistence 24.992
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.500
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.550
And persistence is enabled 5.379
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.464
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
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 7.332
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.593
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.082
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
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
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.364
When I enable persistence 10.652
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.067
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.736
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.007
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.568
When I try to enable persistence 1.300
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.428
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.149
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.243
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.163
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.063
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.557
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.226
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.849
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.293
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 11.679
And all notifications have disappeared 10.276
# 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" 0.141
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.572
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.156
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.478
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.476
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.037
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.806
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.862
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.409
When I try to enable persistence 1.234
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.074
When I log in to a new session 11.543
And all notifications have disappeared 9.634
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.062
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000