Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 9 04 May 2026, 14:40

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 21:58.718 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.687
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.804
And I update APT using apt 7.634
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.251
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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30.198
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 8.339
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.073
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.266
And persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.429
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.924
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 logged in 8.541
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.307
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.106
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.156
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.437
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.523
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.463
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.327
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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31.600
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 7.519
And the system is very low on memory 4.910
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.178
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.938
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.166
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.538
And I free up some memory 0.943
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.942
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.484
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 8.178
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.339
And all tps features are active 1.151
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.273
When I disable the first tps feature 2.620
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.190
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.465
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.046
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
12.923
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 enabled and logged in 7.469
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.078
When I disable the first tps feature 2.579
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.048
When I enable the first tps feature 2.455
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.045
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 7.423
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
And I disable the first tps feature 2.574
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.855
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:2.997
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 7.344
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 17.048
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.492
When I write some files expected to persist 1.355
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.541
# 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" 12.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:22.263
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 7.653
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 18.024
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.133
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.822
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.825
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 23.014
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.457
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.143
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051
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42.494
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 8.475
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.075
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.197
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:50.031
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 8.573
When I enable persistence 17.251
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.739
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.444
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.372
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.229
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.664
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.256
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.151
When I cold reboot the computer 6.207
And the computer reboots Tails 38.075
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.264
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.221
Given I enable persistence 8.233
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.084
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.307
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.800
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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2:19.190
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 8.185
# 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 31.980
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.412
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 26.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
40.769
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.024
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.756
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.980
Then persistence is disabled 0.152
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.904
And all notifications have disappeared 7.959
When I delete the persistent partition 2.636
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:19.286
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 7.494
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.067
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.717
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.808
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
41.982
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.370
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.183
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.019
And all notifications have disappeared 7.550
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.291
And all tps features are enabled 1.103
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:3.100
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 31.715
And I enable persistence 20.483
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.466
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.751
And persistence is enabled 1.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.151
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 6.946
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.648
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.147
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 7.452
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.501
When I enable persistence 6.517
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.261
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 7.054
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.777
When I try to enable persistence 1.259
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.473
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.266
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.075
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.153
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.284
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 7.215
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.145
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.187
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 10.143
And all notifications have disappeared 8.838
# 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" 0.218
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.088
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.192
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.303
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.891
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 7.370
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.590
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.343
When I try to enable persistence 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.076
When I log in to a new session 8.670
And all notifications have disappeared 8.433
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.482
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000