Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 76 28 Jun 2026, 14:30

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 22:18.412 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.629
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 1:18.929
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.618
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.244
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.324
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 8.294
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.893
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.270
And persistence is disabled 0.083
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:45.645
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 8.401
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.285
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.105
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.916
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.440
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.204
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.179
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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31.834
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 7.538
And the system is very low on memory 4.836
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.216
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.889
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.157
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.359
And I free up some memory 0.817
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.966
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:48.537
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 enabled and logged in 8.141
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.339
And all tps features are active 5.472
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.232
When I disable the first tps feature 2.564
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.376
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.876
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.217
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.316
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053
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13.402
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 7.499
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.066
When I disable the first tps feature 3.079
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.048
When I enable the first tps feature 2.432
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.278
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 7.025
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.093
And I disable the first tps feature 2.601
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.412
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.186
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 7.403
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.242
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.478
When I write some files expected to persist 1.271
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.361
# 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" 12.411
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:48.228
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 7.003
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 10.553
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 9.447
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.778
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.591
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.480
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.082
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.071
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42.644
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.532
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.069
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.590
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.451
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:58.780
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 8.446
When I enable persistence 18.967
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.807
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.645
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.379
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.240
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.570
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.444
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.138
When I cold reboot the computer 10.347
And the computer reboots Tails 36.949
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.271
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.274
Given I enable persistence 11.234
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.071
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.246
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.610
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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2:10.612
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.364
# 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 31.137
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.458
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.994
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
38.933
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 7.984
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.688
Then persistence is disabled 0.116
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.211
And all notifications have disappeared 7.912
When I delete the persistent partition 2.630
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:26.918
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 7.857
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.056
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.401
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.319
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053
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54.010
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 8.288
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.251
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.428
And all notifications have disappeared 7.712
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.256
And all tps features are enabled 4.928
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:16.737
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 35.169
And I enable persistence 25.326
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.419
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.637
And persistence is enabled 5.185
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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25.684
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 6.957
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.113
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.743
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 8.053
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.279
When I enable persistence 11.074
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.261
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 8.071
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.347
When I try to enable persistence 1.270
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.327
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.283
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.526
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.180
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.329
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 7.409
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.034
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 10.319
And all notifications have disappeared 9.166
# 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" 0.246
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.481
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.194
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.318
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.688
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 7.544
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.607
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.311
When I try to enable persistence 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.798
When I log in to a new session 10.314
And all notifications have disappeared 8.830
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.370
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000