Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak 10 09 Sep 2026, 19:33

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 25:22.168 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:48.521
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 1:34.586
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.000
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.218
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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42.367
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 22.334
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.010
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.205
And persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.867
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 9.367
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.317
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.111
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.710
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.179
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.945
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.150
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
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31.672
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 8.902
And the system is very low on memory 4.169
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.163
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.753
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.153
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.379
And I free up some memory 0.439
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.659
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:56.679
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 8.738
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.411
And all tps features are active 9.179
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.206
When I disable the first tps feature 2.453
Then all tps features but the first one are active 10.057
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.476
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
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27.154
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 21.854
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
When I disable the first tps feature 2.447
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.039
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.050
When I enable the first tps feature 2.460
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.663
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 enabled and logged in 8.117
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.044
And I disable the first tps feature 2.541
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.805
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
55.265
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 7.816
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 12.638
And I take note of which tps features are available 10.298
When I write some files expected to persist 2.844
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.842
# 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" 12.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.101
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 8.292
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 10.833
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.164
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.536
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.915
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 11.633
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.442
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.052
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050
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39.808
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 8.487
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.101
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.138
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:56.952
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 8.595
When I enable persistence 24.200
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.467
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.973
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.240
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.254
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.476
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.464
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.145
When I cold reboot the computer 6.101
And the computer reboots Tails 35.137
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.332
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.181
Given I enable persistence 14.237
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.064
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.308
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.675
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
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2:12.181
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 8.751
# 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 29.137
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.241
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.571
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.479
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product
39.489
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 9.006
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.275
Then persistence is disabled 0.113
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.681
And all notifications have disappeared 8.349
When I delete the persistent partition 2.688
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:22.758
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 enabled and logged in 8.624
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.067
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.468
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.419
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
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1:4.450
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 9.082
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.343
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.603
And all notifications have disappeared 8.974
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.308
And all tps features are enabled 9.011
And all tps features but the first one are active 11.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:4.083
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
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 2:19.491
And I enable persistence 27.821
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.102
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.574
And persistence is enabled 8.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.519
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
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 7.748
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.250
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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56.086
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 22.928
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.972
When I enable persistence 13.932
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.949
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 8.338
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.427
When I try to enable persistence 1.229
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.666
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.260
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.237
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.235
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 8.250
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.472
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.239
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I log in to a new session 8.217
And all notifications have disappeared 8.167
# 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" 0.152
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.078
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.140
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.160
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.361
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.389
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.928
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.326
When I try to enable persistence 1.379
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.689
When I log in to a new session 9.349
And all notifications have disappeared 8.364
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.216
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000