Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 68 20 Jun 2026, 14:52

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 21:38.499 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.364
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 1:19.934
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.329
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.253
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.111
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 8.513
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.695
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.244
And persistence is disabled 0.085
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.768
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.496
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.260
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.093
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.418
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.787
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.420
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.196
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
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29.880
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 7.680
And the system is very low on memory 4.498
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.272
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.832
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.119
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.368
And I free up some memory 0.751
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.305
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:45.468
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 8.500
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.313
And all tps features are active 5.319
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.041
When I disable the first tps feature 2.677
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.007
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.985
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.213
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.409
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
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13.273
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 7.840
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I disable the first tps feature 2.593
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.051
When I enable the first tps feature 2.449
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.909
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 7.401
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
And I disable the first tps feature 2.525
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.814
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.156
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 7.715
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 8.645
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.243
When I write some files expected to persist 1.359
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.853
# 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" 12.318
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:46.486
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 7.617
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 10.493
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.162
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.357
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.715
And I capture all network traffic 0.018
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 11.490
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.424
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.094
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.064
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42.260
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.326
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.062
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.367
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.503
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:55.854
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 8.729
When I enable persistence 18.782
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.752
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.799
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.318
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.221
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.505
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.048
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.152
When I cold reboot the computer 9.326
And the computer reboots Tails 37.512
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.244
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.169
Given I enable persistence 10.526
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.058
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.228
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.292
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
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2:11.981
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 8.076
# 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 27.396
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.400
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.159
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product
37.593
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 7.914
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.026
Then persistence is disabled 0.082
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.725
And all notifications have disappeared 7.731
When I delete the persistent partition 2.698
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.414
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:17.649
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 7.334
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.062
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.528
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.405
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.318
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
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48.548
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 7.534
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.566
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.612
And all notifications have disappeared 7.571
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.216
And all tps features are enabled 5.017
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:12.365
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 31.535
And I enable persistence 24.811
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.130
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.597
And persistence is enabled 6.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.889
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 7.164
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.182
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.341
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.978
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.073
When I enable persistence 9.407
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.936
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 7.570
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.344
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.120
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.170
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.511
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.164
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.254
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 7.846
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.145
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.343
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 0.034
When I log in to a new session 10.808
And all notifications have disappeared 9.064
# 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" 0.265
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.090
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.267
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.434
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.403
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 7.811
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.402
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.358
When I try to enable persistence 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.648
When I log in to a new session 9.962
And all notifications have disappeared 8.648
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.450
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000