Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 6 02 May 2026, 14:36

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 21:49.064 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.021
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.017
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.499
And I update APT using apt 8.389
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.290
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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31.330
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.444
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.565
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.231
And persistence is disabled 0.139
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.346
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.182
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.430
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.306
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.094
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.821
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.441
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.811
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.038
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.174
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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29.911
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.293
And the system is very low on memory 4.884
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.205
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.053
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.150
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.356
And I free up some memory 0.809
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.008
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:30.907
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.532
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.290
And all tps features are active 1.325
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.842
When I disable the first tps feature 2.458
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.233
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.873
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.231
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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13.221
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.444
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.124
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I disable the first tps feature 2.777
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.056
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.036
When I enable the first tps feature 2.468
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.108
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
12.979
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.196
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
And I disable the first tps feature 2.608
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.934
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
59.498
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.328
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 17.609
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.187
When I write some files expected to persist 1.563
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.240
# 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?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 12.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:25.424
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.417
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 17.222
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.161
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.210
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.494
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 22.180
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.419
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.103
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047
Tags: @product
41.159
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.155
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 14.543
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.399
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:50.049
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.243
When I enable persistence 15.807
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.807
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.659
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.295
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.248
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.578
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.313
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.118
When I cold reboot the computer 10.355
And the computer reboots Tails 37.174
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.308
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.177
Given I enable persistence 7.197
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.073
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.205
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.307
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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2:9.387
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.329
# 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 28.715
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.402
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.508
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.430
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
39.468
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.473
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.251
Then persistence is disabled 0.088
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.450
And all notifications have disappeared 8.025
When I delete the persistent partition 2.824
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.355
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:20.209
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.363
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.051
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.666
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.830
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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43.318
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.286
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.093
When I try to enable persistence 1.266
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.466
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.132
And all notifications have disappeared 7.693
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.249
And all tps features are enabled 0.948
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:6.500
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 32.513
And I enable persistence 21.435
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.872
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.723
And persistence is enabled 1.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.999
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.270
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.195
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.254
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.244
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.751
When I enable persistence 6.613
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.994
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.418
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.489
When I try to enable persistence 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.151
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.190
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.336
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.166
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.932
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.310
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.153
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.948
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 10.075
And all notifications have disappeared 9.356
# 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" 0.151
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.435
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.175
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.273
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.312
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.263
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.264
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.370
When I try to enable persistence 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.006
When I log in to a new session 9.242
And all notifications have disappeared 8.925
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.366
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000