Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak 11 09 Sep 2026, 22:02

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 24:23.378 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.849
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 1:21.727
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.131
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.254
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.756
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 8.569
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.027
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.260
And persistence is disabled 0.074
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.451
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 8.865
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.267
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.085
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.482
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.318
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.170
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.180
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026
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29.174
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 logged in 8.218
And the system is very low on memory 3.666
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.216
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.596
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.101
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.410
And I free up some memory 0.476
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.444
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:1.395
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 21.315
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.274
And all tps features are active 8.163
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.118
When I disable the first tps feature 2.526
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.012
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.578
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.932
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028
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13.582
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 8.093
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.097
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.036
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.090
When I disable the first tps feature 2.652
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.044
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.038
When I enable the first tps feature 2.414
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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12.884
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 7.506
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 2.473
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.738
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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47.705
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 7.761
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 10.893
And I take note of which tps features are available 10.737
When I write some files expected to persist 1.428
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.207
# 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" 11.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.502
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 7.779
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 8.308
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.159
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.264
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.066
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 11.284
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.332
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.099
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.091
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37.814
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.596
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.095
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.751
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.371
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:51.544
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 8.788
When I enable persistence 21.698
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.899
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.262
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.378
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.283
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.453
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.569
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.118
When I cold reboot the computer 6.110
And the computer reboots Tails 34.553
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.312
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.224
Given I enable persistence 13.999
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.063
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.137
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.555
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
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2:10.807
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.889
# 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 29.972
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.848
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.983
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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50.603
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 21.155
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.256
Then persistence is disabled 0.077
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.894
And all notifications have disappeared 8.363
When I delete the persistent partition 2.619
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:20.028
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 8.294
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.076
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.331
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.101
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039
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1:9.401
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 21.653
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.213
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.623
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.600
And all notifications have disappeared 7.520
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.281
And all tps features are enabled 8.408
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:10.979
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 2:21.640
And I enable persistence 30.977
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.236
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.554
And persistence is enabled 10.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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34.225
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 7.500
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 26.175
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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44.146
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 8.422
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.913
When I enable persistence 15.634
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
And persistence is successfully enabled 10.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.507
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.051
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.339
When I try to enable persistence 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.886
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.113
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.257
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.205
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.387
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.480
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 7.985
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.071
When I try to enable persistence 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.480
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.090
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.033
When I log in to a new session 8.872
And all notifications have disappeared 8.582
# 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" 0.145
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.083
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.153
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.110
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.534
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 9.516
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.446
When I try to enable persistence 1.142
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.559
When I log in to a new session 8.033
And all notifications have disappeared 7.140
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.501
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000