Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 70 22 Jun 2026, 14:28

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 21:33.016 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.961
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:16.754
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.015
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.330
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.793
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.221
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.159
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.218
And persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.059
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.468
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.298
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.091
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.103
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.264
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.504
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.227
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
29.428
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.219
And the system is very low on memory 4.200
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.223
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.784
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.091
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.430
And I free up some memory 0.861
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.549
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.858
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.888
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.299
And all tps features are active 4.850
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.882
When I disable the first tps feature 2.506
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.889
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.253
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.584
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
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12.637
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.290
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
When I disable the first tps feature 2.511
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.074
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.456
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.990
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 6.961
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
And I disable the first tps feature 3.032
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.844
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.614
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 6.980
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 9.660
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.287
When I write some files expected to persist 1.164
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.420
# 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" 12.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:46.937
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.055
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 8.723
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.114
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.432
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.321
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 16.744
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.325
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.058
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053
Tags: @product
40.083
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.238
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.064
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.787
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:51.733
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.413
When I enable persistence 18.832
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.765
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.437
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.310
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.225
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.498
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.574
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.194
When I cold reboot the computer 6.427
And the computer reboots Tails 36.427
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.276
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.218
Given I enable persistence 10.478
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.287
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.157
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:12.798
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.853
# 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 28.738
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.069
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.884
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
38.415
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.476
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.715
Then persistence is disabled 0.133
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.044
And all notifications have disappeared 7.921
When I delete the persistent partition 2.705
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.419
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:23.441
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.368
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.046
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.790
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.026
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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49.270
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.206
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.461
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.409
And all notifications have disappeared 7.759
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.276
And all tps features are enabled 5.085
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:13.888
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
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 32.689
And I enable persistence 25.784
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.095
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.643
And persistence is enabled 5.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.507
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
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 7.003
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.906
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
35.603
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.964
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.062
When I enable persistence 10.908
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.066
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.500
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.034
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.650
When I try to enable persistence 1.306
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.763
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.395
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.142
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.672
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.330
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.320
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.147
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I log in to a new session 10.316
And all notifications have disappeared 9.313
# 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" 0.156
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.410
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.180
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.428
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.820
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.258
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.184
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.362
When I try to enable persistence 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.589
When I log in to a new session 10.233
And all notifications have disappeared 8.735
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.416
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000