Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 62 14 Jun 2026, 14:22

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 21:23.400 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.709
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.739
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.934
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.237
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.341
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 8.331
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.300
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.256
And persistence is disabled 0.096
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.092
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.603
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.290
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.120
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.781
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.561
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.442
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.191
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
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29.811
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.485
And the system is very low on memory 5.336
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.145
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.475
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.126
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.337
And I free up some memory 0.874
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.994
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.878
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 7.961
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.249
And all tps features are active 5.072
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.908
When I disable the first tps feature 2.517
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.659
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.589
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.166
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
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12.948
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 7.543
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.096
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.068
When I disable the first tps feature 2.528
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.046
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.059
When I enable the first tps feature 2.431
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.759
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 7.293
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.043
And I disable the first tps feature 2.465
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.839
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.789
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 7.338
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 8.439
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.153
When I write some files expected to persist 1.186
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.802
# 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" 11.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.247
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.394
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 9.731
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.141
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.568
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.918
And I capture all network traffic 0.015
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 10.837
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.397
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.084
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054
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40.646
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.457
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.063
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.047
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:55.796
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 8.459
When I enable persistence 20.176
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.284
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.241
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.334
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.237
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.484
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.232
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.130
When I cold reboot the computer 10.525
And the computer reboots Tails 36.490
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.244
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.183
Given I enable persistence 10.310
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.071
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.210
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.060
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
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2:14.026
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.128
# 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 30.331
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.387
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.351
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
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39.546
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 8.460
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.900
Then persistence is disabled 0.149
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.236
And all notifications have disappeared 7.812
When I delete the persistent partition 2.644
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.342
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.141
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 7.790
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.047
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.574
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.525
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
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49.565
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 8.207
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.067
When I try to enable persistence 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.571
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.818
And all notifications have disappeared 7.430
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.272
And all tps features are enabled 4.963
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:10.321
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 32.185
And I enable persistence 24.048
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.498
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.535
And persistence is enabled 5.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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25.517
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
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 7.436
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 17.548
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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32.963
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 7.977
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.933
When I enable persistence 9.870
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.680
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 7.531
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.079
When I try to enable persistence 1.222
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.287
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.153
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.290
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.162
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.460
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.061
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 7.318
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.122
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.936
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I log in to a new session 9.430
And all notifications have disappeared 9.437
# 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" 0.242
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.090
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.228
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.362
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.555
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 7.375
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.231
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.308
When I try to enable persistence 1.150
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.258
When I log in to a new session 9.377
And all notifications have disappeared 8.768
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.357
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000