Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 67 19 Jun 2026, 14:32

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 21:54.329 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.648
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.892
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.730
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.261
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.333
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 8.428
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.200
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.214
And persistence is disabled 0.085
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.404
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.334
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 8.827
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.315
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.090
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.173
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.694
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.954
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.167
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
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29.756
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 logged in 7.437
And the system is very low on memory 4.506
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.243
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.684
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.095
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.449
And I free up some memory 0.828
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.465
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.046
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 8.560
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.360
And all tps features are active 4.858
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.922
When I disable the first tps feature 2.461
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.101
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.242
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.417
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
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13.017
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 7.679
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
When I disable the first tps feature 2.474
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.032
When I enable the first tps feature 2.485
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.502
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 7.852
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
And I disable the first tps feature 2.592
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.885
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.947
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 7.357
And the network is plugged 0.043
And Tor is ready 9.882
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.781
When I write some files expected to persist 1.100
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.785
# 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" 11.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.339
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:45.969
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 7.379
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 10.957
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.132
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.010
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.439
And I capture all network traffic 0.016
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 11.423
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.428
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.059
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.061
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41.067
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.653
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 13.320
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:52.508
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 8.851
When I enable persistence 19.156
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.973
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.610
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.302
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.256
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.514
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.708
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.195
When I cold reboot the computer 7.706
And the computer reboots Tails 37.096
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.229
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.161
Given I enable persistence 11.075
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.100
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.244
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.198
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
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2:12.650
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 8.173
# 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 28.460
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.172
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.368
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.476
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
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39.185
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 7.949
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.060
Then persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.784
And all notifications have disappeared 8.212
When I delete the persistent partition 2.697
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:27.040
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 8.180
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.050
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.096
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.382
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.330
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
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52.834
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 8.338
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.041
When I try to enable persistence 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.457
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.536
And all notifications have disappeared 8.098
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.302
And all tps features are enabled 5.181
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:12.551
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 33.362
And I enable persistence 23.677
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.384
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.631
And persistence is enabled 5.494
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.501
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 7.239
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.747
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
34.717
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.027
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.046
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.789
When I enable persistence 11.072
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.158
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 8.017
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.210
When I try to enable persistence 1.282
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.853
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.183
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.425
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.164
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.038
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.899
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.654
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.032
When I log in to a new session 9.618
And all notifications have disappeared 9.594
# 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" 0.216
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.448
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.155
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.368
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.517
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.971
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.774
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.316
When I try to enable persistence 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.211
When I log in to a new session 10.586
And all notifications have disappeared 8.061
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.517
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000