Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 8 03 May 2026, 22:46

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 21:47.294 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.488
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.120
And I update APT using apt 7.127
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.244
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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30.870
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.626
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.284
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.244
And persistence is disabled 0.137
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:40.573
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.501
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.287
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.097
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.479
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.483
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.728
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.699
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.240
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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30.713
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.274
And the system is very low on memory 5.169
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.219
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.009
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.173
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.389
And I free up some memory 0.851
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.544
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:32.200
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.164
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.343
And all tps features are active 1.128
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.353
When I disable the first tps feature 2.500
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.230
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.568
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.677
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
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12.901
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.454
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I disable the first tps feature 2.568
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.059
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.052
When I enable the first tps feature 2.478
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.023
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.302
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.154
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
And I disable the first tps feature 2.594
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.874
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:1.896
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.005
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 16.991
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.249
When I write some files expected to persist 1.202
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.866
# 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?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 12.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.397
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:10.851
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.013
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 16.935
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.126
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.113
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.519
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 22.537
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.372
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.077
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.075
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43.315
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.290
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.079
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.356
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:45.288
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.288
When I enable persistence 15.632
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.907
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.505
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.377
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.241
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.515
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.904
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.172
When I cold reboot the computer 6.245
And the computer reboots Tails 37.226
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.304
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.216
Given I enable persistence 7.110
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.081
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.277
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.143
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045
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2:11.361
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.179
# 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 33.047
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.464
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.532
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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40.330
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.784
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.612
Then persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.160
And all notifications have disappeared 8.422
When I delete the persistent partition 2.810
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.453
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:19.592
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.339
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.062
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.658
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.313
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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44.724
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.574
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.228
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.949
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.583
And all notifications have disappeared 7.770
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.291
And all tps features are enabled 1.033
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:8.029
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 33.675
And I enable persistence 22.284
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.573
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.687
And persistence is enabled 1.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.874
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.224
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.952
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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26.307
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.902
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.795
When I enable persistence 6.784
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.947
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.706
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.943
When I try to enable persistence 1.281
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.063
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.329
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.066
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.155
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.630
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.723
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.068
When I try to enable persistence 1.230
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.262
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.041
When I log in to a new session 10.595
And all notifications have disappeared 9.427
# 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" 0.298
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.466
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.200
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.386
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.371
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.562
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.176
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.346
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.707
When I log in to a new session 10.253
And all notifications have disappeared 8.681
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.626
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000