Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 72 24 Jun 2026, 14:22

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 21:16.827 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.772
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.350
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.376
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.258
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.001
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 8.292
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.740
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.290
And persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:34.380
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 8.136
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.279
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.079
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.512
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 5.418
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.641
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.212
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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28.771
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 7.189
And the system is very low on memory 4.291
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.202
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.615
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.142
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.369
And I free up some memory 0.761
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.146
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.329
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 8.019
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.339
And all tps features are active 5.118
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.866
When I disable the first tps feature 2.460
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.770
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.795
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.398
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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13.035
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 7.549
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I disable the first tps feature 2.614
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.118
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.042
When I enable the first tps feature 2.424
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.509
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 6.901
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.093
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.081
And I disable the first tps feature 2.516
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.879
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.310
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 7.076
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 10.785
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.058
When I write some files expected to persist 1.142
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.260
# 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" 11.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.506
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.839
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 6.954
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 10.449
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.125
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.432
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.493
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 12.719
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.447
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.058
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.065
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40.170
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 7.852
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.057
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.981
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:51.540
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 7.958
When I enable persistence 18.468
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.885
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.208
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.333
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.219
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.482
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.464
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.138
When I cold reboot the computer 8.820
And the computer reboots Tails 36.363
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.258
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.187
Given I enable persistence 10.461
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.078
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.231
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.833
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:11.058
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 7.888
# 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 28.708
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.370
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.899
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
38.539
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 8.121
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.807
Then persistence is disabled 0.097
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.456
And all notifications have disappeared 7.893
When I delete the persistent partition 2.698
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.465
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:23.674
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 7.951
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.064
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.424
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.952
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.280
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
Tags: @product
49.484
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 7.848
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.043
When I try to enable persistence 1.190
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.550
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.014
And all notifications have disappeared 7.505
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.354
And all tps features are enabled 4.856
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:10.730
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 31.753
And I enable persistence 23.682
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.447
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.563
And persistence is enabled 5.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
24.679
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 6.965
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 17.205
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.188
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 7.699
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.081
When I enable persistence 9.880
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.480
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.871
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 7.556
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.823
When I try to enable persistence 1.275
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.460
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.478
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.175
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.534
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 7.407
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.112
When I try to enable persistence 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.813
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.151
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.035
When I log in to a new session 10.696
And all notifications have disappeared 8.409
# 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" 0.220
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.097
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.165
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.328
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.406
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 7.514
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.416
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.325
When I try to enable persistence 1.233
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.846
When I log in to a new session 9.886
And all notifications have disappeared 9.023
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.409
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000