Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak 12 10 Sep 2026, 07:36

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 23:34.269 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:42.795
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:29.181
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.648
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.234
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.442
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 8.556
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.299
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.258
And persistence is disabled 0.118
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:34.667
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.843
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.295
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.156
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.014
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.033
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.254
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.847
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.171
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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28.855
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.177
And the system is very low on memory 3.832
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.222
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.412
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.095
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.314
And I free up some memory 0.444
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.274
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:53.639
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 8.207
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.369
And all tps features are active 8.819
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.143
When I disable the first tps feature 2.489
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.930
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.174
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.436
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.068
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13.088
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 7.852
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
When I disable the first tps feature 2.479
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.043
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.036
When I enable the first tps feature 2.394
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.637
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 7.992
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
And I disable the first tps feature 2.591
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.882
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.839
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 7.809
And the network is plugged 0.044
And Tor is ready 10.715
And I take note of which tps features are available 10.994
When I write some files expected to persist 1.421
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.459
# 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" 11.396
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.993
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 8.053
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 9.933
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.243
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.602
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.281
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 10.924
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.501
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.092
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.065
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39.056
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.614
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.084
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.644
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:55.870
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 8.978
When I enable persistence 24.762
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.794
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.229
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.281
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.338
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.409
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.017
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.133
When I cold reboot the computer 6.082
And the computer reboots Tails 33.504
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.216
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.263
Given I enable persistence 15.839
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.063
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.278
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.567
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
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2:22.021
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 21.829
# 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 27.850
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.893
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.087
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
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38.564
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 8.293
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.841
Then persistence is disabled 0.069
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.871
And all notifications have disappeared 8.531
When I delete the persistent partition 2.710
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.831
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 enabled and logged in 8.199
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.084
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.244
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.070
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040
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56.301
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 8.284
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.043
When I try to enable persistence 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.942
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.884
And all notifications have disappeared 8.325
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.360
And all tps features are enabled 8.178
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:38.496
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 1:55.521
And I enable persistence 26.832
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.658
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.553
And persistence is enabled 7.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.021
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 7.658
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.828
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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38.909
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 8.208
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.703
When I enable persistence 12.967
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.032
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.345
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 7.813
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.735
When I try to enable persistence 1.269
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.679
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.157
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.223
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.175
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 8.116
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.418
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.085
When I log in to a new session 8.752
And all notifications have disappeared 7.995
# 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" 0.154
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.127
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.163
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.111
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.714
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 8.396
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.445
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.276
When I try to enable persistence 1.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.732
When I log in to a new session 8.718
And all notifications have disappeared 7.771
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.183
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000