Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak 1 08 Sep 2026, 12:25

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 24:35.944 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:47.199
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:33.542
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.663
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.269
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.802
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.072
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.610
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.287
And persistence is disabled 0.084
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.521
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 9.468
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.375
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.100
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.865
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.393
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.029
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.178
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
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30.307
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 logged in 8.737
And the system is very low on memory 4.486
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.213
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.582
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.156
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.466
And I free up some memory 0.893
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.709
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:56.686
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 9.189
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.333
And all tps features are active 8.691
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.528
When I disable the first tps feature 3.143
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.561
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.314
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.288
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
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14.434
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 8.481
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.079
When I disable the first tps feature 3.078
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.059
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.047
When I enable the first tps feature 2.441
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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14.844
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 8.235
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.161
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.090
And I disable the first tps feature 3.155
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.101
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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51.870
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 7.975
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 13.442
And I take note of which tps features are available 10.597
When I write some files expected to persist 2.124
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.396
# 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" 12.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.900
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.252
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 10.002
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.147
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.541
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.371
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 11.697
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.455
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.083
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.057
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40.167
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.066
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 12.523
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:1.382
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.983
When I enable persistence 23.843
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.137
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.436
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.414
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.316
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.501
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.048
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.253
When I cold reboot the computer 6.199
And the computer reboots Tails 37.239
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.318
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.284
Given I enable persistence 14.704
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.073
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.204
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.260
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
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2:13.457
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 8.656
# 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 29.723
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.534
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.153
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.389
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
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42.309
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.360
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.545
Then persistence is disabled 0.116
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.846
And all notifications have disappeared 9.251
When I delete the persistent partition 2.893
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:24.941
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 8.417
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.051
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.455
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.794
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.221
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
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1:2.887
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.181
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.225
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.924
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.456
And all notifications have disappeared 8.310
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.259
And all tps features are enabled 9.817
And all tps features but the first one are active 9.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:48.628
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 2:2.006
And I enable persistence 29.038
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.744
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.610
And persistence is enabled 9.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.618
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.902
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.086
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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43.814
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.669
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.899
When I enable persistence 14.771
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.414
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.242
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 8.839
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.497
When I try to enable persistence 1.232
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.200
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.266
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.410
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.248
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.073
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 8.465
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.129
When I try to enable persistence 1.310
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.271
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 9.006
And all notifications have disappeared 7.106
# 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" 0.114
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.079
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.175
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.277
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.855
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.597
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.336
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.302
When I try to enable persistence 1.242
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.902
When I log in to a new session 9.836
And all notifications have disappeared 6.247
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.354
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000