Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 61 13 Jun 2026, 14:25

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 21:38.534 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.302
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.238
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.958
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.241
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.854
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.681
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.262
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.245
And persistence is disabled 0.092
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.347
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 8.254
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.360
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.090
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.195
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.470
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.721
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.163
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
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29.385
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.493
And the system is very low on memory 4.477
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.222
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.664
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.193
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.638
And I free up some memory 0.777
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.867
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.313
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 8.291
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.290
And all tps features are active 4.545
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.027
When I disable the first tps feature 2.474
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.831
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.513
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.169
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
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13.146
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 7.782
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.049
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I disable the first tps feature 2.470
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.038
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.067
When I enable the first tps feature 2.490
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.087
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.027
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 7.448
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.126
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.083
And I disable the first tps feature 2.511
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.807
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.742
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 7.283
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 13.078
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.907
When I write some files expected to persist 1.223
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.456
# 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" 11.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.364
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 7.245
And the network is plugged 0.046
And Tor is ready 9.525
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.109
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.734
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.597
And I capture all network traffic 0.012
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 11.519
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.360
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.066
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.072
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40.790
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.318
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.066
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.582
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:51.451
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 8.430
When I enable persistence 18.852
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.887
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.387
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.359
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.253
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.488
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.965
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.140
When I cold reboot the computer 6.361
And the computer reboots Tails 36.409
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.263
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.179
Given I enable persistence 10.868
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.249
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.131
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026
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2:9.076
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 8.062
# 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 29.435
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.415
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.094
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product
38.291
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 8.048
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.455
Then persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.771
And all notifications have disappeared 7.823
When I delete the persistent partition 2.693
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.398
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.737
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 20.607
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.070
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.869
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.913
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
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49.800
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 8.000
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.046
When I try to enable persistence 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.180
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.627
And all notifications have disappeared 7.839
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.303
And all tps features are enabled 4.930
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:11.474
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 32.772
And I enable persistence 24.220
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.419
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.743
And persistence is enabled 5.317
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.148
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.199
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.455
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.935
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 8.001
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.786
When I enable persistence 9.773
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.799
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 7.847
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.267
When I try to enable persistence 1.258
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.956
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.431
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.160
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.960
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 7.526
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.934
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 9.605
And all notifications have disappeared 9.504
# 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" 0.236
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.382
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.182
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.339
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.586
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 7.820
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.514
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.321
When I try to enable persistence 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.208
When I log in to a new session 10.040
And all notifications have disappeared 8.237
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.490
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000