Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21559-flatpak-locale-tests 5 01 Sep 2026, 20:52

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 25:7.427 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:50.021
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:35.375
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.541
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.223
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.016
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 9.481
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.143
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.222
And persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.802
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 9.530
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.271
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.100
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.624
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.196
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.826
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.154
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
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30.869
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.657
And the system is very low on memory 4.491
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.190
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.660
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.139
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.627
And I free up some memory 0.600
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.440
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:53.689
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 8.540
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.329
And all tps features are active 8.620
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.943
When I disable the first tps feature 2.469
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.762
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.992
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.533
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028
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13.840
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 8.339
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I disable the first tps feature 2.518
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.035
When I enable the first tps feature 2.515
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.119
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.735
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 8.030
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
And I disable the first tps feature 2.658
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.874
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.135
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 8.069
And the network is plugged 0.062
And Tor is ready 11.690
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.421
When I write some files expected to persist 1.192
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.537
# 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" 12.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:57.282
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 21.175
And the network is plugged 0.051
And Tor is ready 9.782
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.123
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.406
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.852
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 11.352
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.334
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.071
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.061
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44.341
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.731
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.148
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.296
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:23.533
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 35.735
When I enable persistence 22.205
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.722
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.368
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.269
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.159
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.751
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.522
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.111
When I cold reboot the computer 6.263
And the computer reboots Tails 34.486
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.397
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.279
Given I enable persistence 14.836
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.109
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.257
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.882
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:13.440
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 8.745
# 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 28.695
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.285
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.919
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
41.445
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 9.202
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.866
Then persistence is disabled 0.077
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.300
And all notifications have disappeared 8.981
When I delete the persistent partition 2.752
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:25.890
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 8.919
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.052
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.645
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.092
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051
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58.928
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 8.960
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.732
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.177
And all notifications have disappeared 7.579
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.231
And all tps features are enabled 8.441
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:48.799
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 2:3.396
And I enable persistence 27.434
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.409
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.512
And persistence is enabled 9.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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33.144
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 8.000
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.585
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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43.985
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.684
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.918
When I enable persistence 14.840
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.042
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.330
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 8.620
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.639
When I try to enable persistence 1.314
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.890
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.263
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.507
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.073
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.240
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.457
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.310
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.276
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.117
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I log in to a new session 9.504
And all notifications have disappeared 9.277
# 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" 0.135
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.120
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.159
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.122
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.735
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.448
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.979
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.312
When I try to enable persistence 1.444
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.558
When I log in to a new session 8.102
And all notifications have disappeared 7.997
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.947
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000