Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 64 16 Jun 2026, 15:19

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 22:35.549 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.840
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 1:23.013
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.285
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.414
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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32.706
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.023
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.166
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.141
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.268
And persistence is disabled 0.089
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:50.374
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.628
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.302
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.115
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.516
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.971
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.494
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.226
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
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33.339
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.981
And the system is very low on memory 5.028
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.185
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.514
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.152
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.426
And I free up some memory 0.858
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.126
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:50.002
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 enabled and logged in 8.567
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.328
And all tps features are active 5.635
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.261
When I disable the first tps feature 2.600
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.656
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.104
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.569
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
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13.713
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 enabled and logged in 7.509
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
When I disable the first tps feature 3.114
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.081
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.132
When I enable the first tps feature 2.600
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.311
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 7.485
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.048
And I disable the first tps feature 2.704
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.943
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
49.493
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 enabled and logged in 8.108
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.503
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.674
When I write some files expected to persist 1.138
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.964
# 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" 13.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.366
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:49.931
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.716
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 10.632
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.174
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.959
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.869
And I capture all network traffic 0.015
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 11.898
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.415
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.075
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.102
Tags: @product
42.923
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.756
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.091
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.102
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:55.291
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.355
When I enable persistence 19.991
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.220
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.618
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.317
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.224
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.524
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.287
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.155
When I cold reboot the computer 6.503
And the computer reboots Tails 37.027
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.247
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.189
Given I enable persistence 10.729
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.060
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.252
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.423
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
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2:12.354
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.443
# 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 28.150
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.713
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.811
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
Tags: @product
39.938
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 8.601
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.172
Then persistence is disabled 0.104
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.218
And all notifications have disappeared 7.791
When I delete the persistent partition 2.654
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.395
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:26.352
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 8.107
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.054
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.565
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.398
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product
52.418
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.185
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.080
When I try to enable persistence 1.194
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.071
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.500
And all notifications have disappeared 7.932
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.267
And all tps features are enabled 4.545
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:15.835
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 34.282
And I enable persistence 25.322
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.725
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.578
And persistence is enabled 5.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.766
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.667
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.533
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
34.070
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.287
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.588
When I enable persistence 10.465
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.263
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 8.086
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.455
When I try to enable persistence 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.561
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.150
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.437
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.178
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.427
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.704
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.098
When I try to enable persistence 1.397
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.997
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.030
When I log in to a new session 10.902
And all notifications have disappeared 9.315
# 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" 0.170
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.099
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.148
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.624
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.192
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.248
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.130
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.321
When I try to enable persistence 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.801
When I log in to a new session 10.811
And all notifications have disappeared 8.165
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.795
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000