Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 71 23 Jun 2026, 14:31

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 21:22.482 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.973
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.354
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.388
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 9.409
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.161
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 8.150
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.744
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.243
And persistence is disabled 0.085
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.822
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 8.533
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.339
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.110
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.759
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.899
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.916
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.177
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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28.417
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 7.187
And the system is very low on memory 4.308
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.208
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.493
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.106
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.380
And I free up some memory 0.782
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.890
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.893
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 8.023
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.268
And all tps features are active 4.936
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.878
When I disable the first tps feature 2.686
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.098
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.337
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.649
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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12.810
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 7.334
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.093
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I disable the first tps feature 2.569
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.055
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.085
When I enable the first tps feature 2.452
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.621
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 7.055
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
And I disable the first tps feature 2.474
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.911
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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40.735
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 7.151
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 10.167
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.414
When I write some files expected to persist 1.325
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.643
# 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" 12.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:45.828
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 7.349
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 10.292
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.123
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.512
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.339
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.516
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.420
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.116
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042
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40.761
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 8.297
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 12.767
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:53.654
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.313
When I enable persistence 18.127
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.658
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.571
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.289
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.260
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.652
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.938
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.158
When I cold reboot the computer 10.298
And the computer reboots Tails 35.880
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.363
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.215
Given I enable persistence 10.886
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.210
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.563
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:9.463
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 8.092
# 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 27.264
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.108
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.766
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
38.244
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 7.345
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.108
Then persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.669
And all notifications have disappeared 8.006
When I delete the persistent partition 2.673
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.353
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.018
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 7.209
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.047
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.493
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.043
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044
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48.860
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 7.205
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.045
When I try to enable persistence 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.490
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.716
And all notifications have disappeared 7.684
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.350
And all tps features are enabled 4.864
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.299
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:13.027
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 31.797
And I enable persistence 25.044
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.086
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.603
And persistence is enabled 5.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.357
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 7.086
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.681
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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32.481
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 7.597
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.894
When I enable persistence 10.620
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.320
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.639
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 7.220
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.126
When I try to enable persistence 1.290
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.295
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.297
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.148
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.430
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 7.253
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.199
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.277
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.149
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.030
When I log in to a new session 10.162
And all notifications have disappeared 9.192
# 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" 0.274
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.483
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.178
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.387
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.280
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 7.262
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.331
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.344
When I try to enable persistence 1.209
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.701
When I log in to a new session 9.762
And all notifications have disappeared 8.596
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.393
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000