Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak 17 14 Sep 2026, 19:53

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 24:19.085 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.690
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 1:19.569
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.115
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.305
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.319
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 8.817
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.747
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.216
And persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.659
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 8.805
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.271
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.102
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.227
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.228
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.760
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.162
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
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44.741
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 22.211
And the system is very low on memory 4.181
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.246
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.510
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.161
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.370
And I free up some memory 0.495
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.517
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:52.460
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 8.490
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.279
And all tps features are active 8.947
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.275
When I disable the first tps feature 2.464
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.355
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.597
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.884
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.068
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13.755
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 8.538
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I disable the first tps feature 2.457
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.045
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.038
When I enable the first tps feature 2.390
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.582
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 8.039
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.048
And I disable the first tps feature 2.476
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.899
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:4.794
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 21.141
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 13.520
And I take note of which tps features are available 10.808
When I write some files expected to persist 1.843
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.532
# 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" 11.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.689
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.036
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 10.372
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.138
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.914
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.704
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 11.677
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.474
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.103
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054
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41.407
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 9.715
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.077
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.266
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.348
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:55.067
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 9.098
When I enable persistence 22.799
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.771
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.494
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.399
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.314
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.595
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.270
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.108
When I cold reboot the computer 6.201
And the computer reboots Tails 34.999
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.370
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.232
Given I enable persistence 14.399
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.313
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.516
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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2:19.685
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 22.331
# 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 27.009
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.321
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.748
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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37.647
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 8.352
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.826
Then persistence is disabled 0.123
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.369
And all notifications have disappeared 8.016
When I delete the persistent partition 2.690
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:32.885
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 21.891
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.070
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.360
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.396
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
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56.181
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 7.971
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.073
When I try to enable persistence 1.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.115
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.182
And all notifications have disappeared 7.914
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.220
And all tps features are enabled 7.635
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:40.711
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 1:57.426
And I enable persistence 26.960
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.525
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.500
And persistence is enabled 8.298
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.886
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 7.526
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.741
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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41.121
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 8.566
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.300
When I enable persistence 13.802
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.036
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.415
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.647
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 8.507
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.017
When I try to enable persistence 1.337
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.931
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.163
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.246
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.871
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 8.006
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.084
When I try to enable persistence 1.369
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.591
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.235
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.034
When I log in to a new session 9.309
And all notifications have disappeared 6.858
# 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" 0.180
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.073
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.206
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.063
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.278
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 8.285
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.415
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.293
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.680
When I log in to a new session 8.280
And all notifications have disappeared 7.175
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.207
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000