Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_flatpak-whisperback 5 14 May 2026, 21:08

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 21:18.714 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.719
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.008
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.342
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.302
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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30.879
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 9.033
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.433
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.265
And persistence is disabled 0.126
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:43.296
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.150
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.350
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.101
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.106
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 7.658
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.597
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.213
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.032
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30.362
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.462
And the system is very low on memory 3.875
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.248
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.841
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.108
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.475
And I free up some memory 0.839
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.432
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.803
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.914
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.292
And all tps features are active 1.145
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.154
When I disable the first tps feature 3.124
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.459
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.472
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.661
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.011
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13.561
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.036
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.068
When I disable the first tps feature 2.517
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.054
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.542
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.085
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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13.882
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.663
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.095
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
And I disable the first tps feature 3.097
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.909
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
44.882
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.278
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 13.952
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.228
When I write some files expected to persist 1.223
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.645
# 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" 12.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:47.683
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.670
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 10.335
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.130
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.708
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.421
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 11.687
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.450
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.110
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.056
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44.614
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 9.098
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.098
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 16.412
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:51.803
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.722
When I enable persistence 14.429
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.134
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.950
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.368
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.269
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.568
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.589
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.174
When I cold reboot the computer 6.473
And the computer reboots Tails 39.757
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.381
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.200
Given I enable persistence 8.412
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.078
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.230
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.888
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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2:9.336
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.473
# 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 24.627
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.492
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.025
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.379
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010
Tags: @product
39.687
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.650
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.805
Then persistence is disabled 0.117
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.795
And all notifications have disappeared 8.187
When I delete the persistent partition 2.766
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.364
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:23.933
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.461
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.094
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.595
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.558
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.011
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43.967
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.728
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.074
When I try to enable persistence 1.191
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.306
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.794
And all notifications have disappeared 7.924
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.932
And all tps features are enabled 1.569
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.446
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:4.552
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 30.785
And I enable persistence 19.970
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.498
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.628
And persistence is enabled 1.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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22.662
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 6.931
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.150
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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25.589
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.475
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.376
When I enable persistence 6.907
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
25.486
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.192
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.346
When I try to enable persistence 1.247
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.332
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.345
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.499
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.080
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.215
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.097
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.521
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.443
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I log in to a new session 11.451
And all notifications have disappeared 10.077
# 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" 0.312
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.516
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.212
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.319
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.911
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.354
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.118
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.329
When I try to enable persistence 1.172
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.490
When I log in to a new session 10.531
And all notifications have disappeared 8.732
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.319
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000