Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 60 12 Jun 2026, 14:30

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 21:34.202 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.068
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.037
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.460
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.636
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.223
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.021
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.478
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.193
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.262
And persistence is disabled 0.123
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.833
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 8.450
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.269
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.096
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.567
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.587
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.605
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.165
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
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29.640
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 logged in 7.682
And the system is very low on memory 4.363
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.182
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.705
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.190
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.429
And I free up some memory 0.761
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.267
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.754
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 8.476
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.291
And all tps features are active 5.145
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.810
When I disable the first tps feature 2.445
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.004
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.894
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.917
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
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13.404
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.020
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I disable the first tps feature 2.551
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.072
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.043
When I enable the first tps feature 2.416
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.435
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 7.333
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.095
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.096
And I disable the first tps feature 3.013
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.857
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.633
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 7.339
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 13.350
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.789
When I write some files expected to persist 1.066
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.468
# 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" 11.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:45.552
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 7.282
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 11.057
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.113
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.410
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.198
And I capture all network traffic 0.029
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 10.830
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.404
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.095
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.077
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40.571
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.022
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.602
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.065
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.516
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.387
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:53.312
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.497
When I enable persistence 18.779
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.630
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.183
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.419
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.277
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.486
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.069
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.160
When I cold reboot the computer 8.782
And the computer reboots Tails 36.984
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.276
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.174
Given I enable persistence 11.096
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.206
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.099
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
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2:10.982
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.055
# 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 29.156
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.535
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.553
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
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40.396
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.117
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.955
Then persistence is disabled 0.099
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.096
And all notifications have disappeared 8.064
When I delete the persistent partition 2.736
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:24.564
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 8.116
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.078
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.600
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.556
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
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48.453
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.704
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.187
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.307
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.088
And all notifications have disappeared 7.524
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.247
And all tps features are enabled 4.491
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:10.595
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 31.395
And I enable persistence 23.717
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.939
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.603
And persistence is enabled 4.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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24.897
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 7.151
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 17.156
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.922
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.951
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.206
When I enable persistence 10.389
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.552
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.755
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.987
When I try to enable persistence 1.254
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.716
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.351
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.138
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.475
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.034
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.489
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.749
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.139
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 10.367
And all notifications have disappeared 9.733
# 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" 0.144
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.418
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.162
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.336
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.133
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.419
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.230
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.377
When I try to enable persistence 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.751
When I log in to a new session 9.248
And all notifications have disappeared 8.821
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.454
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000