Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 69 21 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 21:28.371 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.746
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.315
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.350
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.295
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.917
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 8.549
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.709
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.213
And persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.856
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 8.309
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.310
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.090
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.565
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.662
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.648
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.165
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
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28.821
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 7.338
And the system is very low on memory 4.323
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.312
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.572
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.183
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.409
And I free up some memory 0.803
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.810
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.812
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 8.334
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.267
And all tps features are active 4.661
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.046
When I disable the first tps feature 2.469
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.689
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.554
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.895
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034
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13.719
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.024
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.487
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I disable the first tps feature 3.448
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.060
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.427
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.851
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 7.337
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.046
And I disable the first tps feature 2.539
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.816
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.582
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 7.259
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.626
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.807
When I write some files expected to persist 1.257
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.919
# 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" 11.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.520
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 7.351
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 8.648
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.102
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.030
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.340
And I capture all network traffic 0.015
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 11.506
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.359
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.063
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.067
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41.355
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 8.391
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 13.564
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.331
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:52.908
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.030
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 18.082
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.704
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.299
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.355
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.212
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.523
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.857
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.136
When I cold reboot the computer 8.977
And the computer reboots Tails 36.655
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.223
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.174
Given I enable persistence 11.071
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.067
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.230
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.755
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
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2:13.006
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 8.060
# 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 28.181
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.354
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.110
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.299
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product
37.947
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 7.876
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.181
Then persistence is disabled 0.083
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.857
And all notifications have disappeared 7.902
When I delete the persistent partition 2.720
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.324
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:21.377
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 7.533
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.065
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.506
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.052
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
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49.805
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 7.844
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.044
When I try to enable persistence 1.153
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.618
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.556
And all notifications have disappeared 7.582
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.253
And all tps features are enabled 4.654
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:10.720
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.030
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 32.509
And I enable persistence 24.228
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.491
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.566
And persistence is enabled 4.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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25.639
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 7.008
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.126
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.503
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.949
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 7.955
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.022
When I enable persistence 10.076
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
And persistence is successfully enabled 4.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.266
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 7.858
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.293
When I try to enable persistence 1.253
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.051
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.490
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.138
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.411
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 7.612
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.153
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.933
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.150
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 9.727
And all notifications have disappeared 8.869
# 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" 0.225
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.436
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.146
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.349
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.157
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 7.496
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.250
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.300
When I try to enable persistence 1.155
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.096
When I log in to a new session 10.419
And all notifications have disappeared 8.377
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.373
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000