Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 74 26 Jun 2026, 14:25

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 21:18.437 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.311
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 1:16.206
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.840
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.275
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.915
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 8.140
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.218
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.255
And persistence is disabled 0.084
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.056
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 8.349
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.355
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.079
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.342
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 9.221
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.447
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.165
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
28.680
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 7.106
And the system is very low on memory 4.395
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.193
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.553
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.098
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.347
And I free up some memory 0.787
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.151
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.786
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 7.854
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.279
And all tps features are active 4.996
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.036
When I disable the first tps feature 2.482
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.792
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.276
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.322
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product
12.576
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 7.078
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.105
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.094
When I disable the first tps feature 2.573
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.049
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.065
When I enable the first tps feature 2.445
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.525
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 7.049
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
And I disable the first tps feature 2.483
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.809
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.996
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 7.064
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 9.746
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.887
When I write some files expected to persist 1.192
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.304
# 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" 11.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.305
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.166
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 7.075
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 10.087
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.166
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.394
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.613
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 11.173
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.415
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.079
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.060
Tags: @product
40.086
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 8.081
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.065
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.624
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:53.938
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 8.117
When I enable persistence 19.330
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.808
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.439
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.336
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.280
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.472
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.676
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.139
When I cold reboot the computer 10.186
And the computer reboots Tails 36.046
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.343
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.248
Given I enable persistence 10.931
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.222
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.124
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:10.344
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 7.948
# 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 28.782
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.104
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.411
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.321
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
38.473
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 7.151
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.184
Then persistence is disabled 0.078
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.910
And all notifications have disappeared 8.128
When I delete the persistent partition 2.695
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.324
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:21.454
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 7.154
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.067
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.466
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.539
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
47.462
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 7.035
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.199
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.163
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.628
And all notifications have disappeared 7.734
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.250
And all tps features are enabled 4.522
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:10.256
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 30.933
And I enable persistence 24.625
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.219
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.556
And persistence is enabled 4.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.985
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 6.829
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.634
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.299
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 7.767
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.561
When I enable persistence 10.606
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.038
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.325
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.374
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 7.389
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.479
When I try to enable persistence 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.422
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.374
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.152
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.041
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 7.155
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.229
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.685
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 10.486
And all notifications have disappeared 9.284
# 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" 0.257
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.415
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.178
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.365
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.704
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 7.288
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.475
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.341
When I try to enable persistence 1.190
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.052
When I log in to a new session 10.015
And all notifications have disappeared 8.273
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.389
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 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000