Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak 16 13 Sep 2026, 19:39

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 22:42.477 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:28.627
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 1:15.906
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.720
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.209
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.710
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 8.371
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.330
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.195
And persistence is disabled 0.078
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:30.555
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 8.426
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.201
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.069
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.897
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.248
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.451
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.177
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026
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27.258
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 7.723
And the system is very low on memory 4.071
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.258
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.074
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.096
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.323
And I free up some memory 0.423
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.257
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:45.480
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 8.057
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.283
And all tps features are active 7.835
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.000
When I disable the first tps feature 2.447
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.521
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.232
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.063
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.194
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 7.924
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I disable the first tps feature 2.496
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.068
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.040
When I enable the first tps feature 2.422
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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12.986
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 7.600
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
And I disable the first tps feature 2.500
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.742
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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44.449
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 7.727
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 8.159
And I take note of which tps features are available 9.761
When I write some files expected to persist 2.174
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.283
# 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" 11.317
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.281
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.730
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 7.530
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 9.386
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.128
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.151
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.141
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 10.615
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.460
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.098
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041
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37.479
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.226
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.102
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.676
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:47.085
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 8.473
When I enable persistence 21.170
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.216
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.987
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.229
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.309
# 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 22.050
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.108
When I cold reboot the computer 5.753
And the computer reboots Tails 33.554
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.300
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.204
Given I enable persistence 12.722
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.063
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.272
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.051
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:6.122
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 8.351
# 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 27.406
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.145
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.643
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043
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35.911
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.836
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.295
Then persistence is disabled 0.089
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.675
And all notifications have disappeared 8.134
When I delete the persistent partition 2.604
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:14.729
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 7.875
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.049
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.219
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.403
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
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53.022
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.786
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.046
When I try to enable persistence 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.973
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.903
And all notifications have disappeared 8.018
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.232
And all tps features are enabled 7.353
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:1.889
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 2:17.263
And I enable persistence 27.940
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.484
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.508
And persistence is enabled 9.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.579
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 7.392
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.717
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.469
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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42.034
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 7.924
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.066
When I enable persistence 15.524
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.037
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.479
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.928
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 7.709
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.596
When I try to enable persistence 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.786
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.255
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.142
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.219
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.603
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 7.827
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.078
When I try to enable persistence 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.120
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 0.023
When I log in to a new session 8.246
And all notifications have disappeared 6.675
# 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" 0.112
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.096
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.161
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.080
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.100
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 7.777
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.809
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.241
When I try to enable persistence 1.143
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.294
When I log in to a new session 7.745
And all notifications have disappeared 8.199
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.061
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000