Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 75 27 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 21:5.826 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.939
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 1:16.726
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.219
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.228
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.756
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 8.159
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.625
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.256
And persistence is disabled 0.110
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:37.267
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 8.127
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.325
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.100
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.834
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.408
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.184
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.194
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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28.596
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 7.314
And the system is very low on memory 4.368
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.191
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.500
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.082
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.399
And I free up some memory 0.784
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.908
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.554
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 7.831
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.294
And all tps features are active 5.233
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.819
When I disable the first tps feature 2.518
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.486
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.896
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.583
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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12.595
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 7.267
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.067
When I disable the first tps feature 2.516
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.057
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.049
When I enable the first tps feature 2.434
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.516
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 7.043
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
And I disable the first tps feature 2.469
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.825
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.141
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 7.044
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 10.085
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.280
When I write some files expected to persist 1.324
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.338
# 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" 12.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.263
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 7.255
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 9.223
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.106
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.727
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.851
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 11.549
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.319
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.074
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.073
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38.212
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 8.171
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.072
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.903
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:47.643
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 enable persistence 18.076
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.547
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.320
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.423
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.264
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.571
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.660
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.158
When I cold reboot the computer 6.041
And the computer reboots Tails 35.553
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.247
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.179
Given I enable persistence 10.635
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.071
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.220
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.376
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:10.916
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 7.588
# 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 28.335
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.315
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.694
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
Tags: @product
38.658
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 7.451
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.725
Then persistence is disabled 0.106
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.496
And all notifications have disappeared 7.774
When I delete the persistent partition 2.723
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:23.669
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 7.234
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.056
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.190
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.972
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
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47.058
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.329
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.236
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.522
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.162
And all notifications have disappeared 7.801
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.252
And all tps features are enabled 4.812
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:9.545
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 30.940
And I enable persistence 23.473
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.867
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.478
And persistence is enabled 5.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.121
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 6.921
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.695
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.396
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 7.538
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.060
When I enable persistence 10.114
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.294
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 7.633
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.280
When I try to enable persistence 1.283
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.635
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.148
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.428
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.154
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.568
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 7.304
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.380
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I log in to a new session 9.938
And all notifications have disappeared 9.782
# 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" 0.178
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.380
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.199
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.264
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.107
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 7.884
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.767
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.345
When I try to enable persistence 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.510
When I log in to a new session 9.495
And all notifications have disappeared 9.573
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.605
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000