Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak 18 15 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 22:56.389 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.323
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 1:20.245
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.150
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.225
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.166
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 8.445
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.889
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.230
And persistence is disabled 0.076
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.524
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:34.846
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
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.347
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.119
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.338
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 5.280
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.572
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.172
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
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29.635
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 8.032
And the system is very low on memory 4.214
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.239
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.286
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.072
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.302
And I free up some memory 0.447
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.990
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:47.322
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 8.342
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.313
And all tps features are active 9.069
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.062
When I disable the first tps feature 2.451
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.823
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.402
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.302
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.083
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13.403
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 8.004
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.103
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.082
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.073
When I disable the first tps feature 2.567
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.025
When I enable the first tps feature 2.412
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.156
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 7.619
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.083
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
And I disable the first tps feature 2.457
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.890
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.900
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 7.684
And the network is plugged 0.046
And Tor is ready 8.625
And I take note of which tps features are available 10.655
When I write some files expected to persist 2.171
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.232
# 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" 11.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.392
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.005
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 7.820
And the network is plugged 0.046
And Tor is ready 11.440
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.148
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.431
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.718
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 10.642
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.448
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.073
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050
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40.228
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.219
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 14.115
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:52.459
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 8.727
When I enable persistence 22.581
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.881
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.994
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.223
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.162
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.479
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.269
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.141
When I cold reboot the computer 5.964
And the computer reboots Tails 34.161
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.190
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.262
Given I enable persistence 13.337
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.077
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.318
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.560
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
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2:8.638
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 8.504
# 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 28.396
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.331
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.654
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
38.855
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.963
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.724
Then persistence is disabled 0.075
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.806
And all notifications have disappeared 8.375
When I delete the persistent partition 2.661
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:20.052
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 8.707
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.076
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.347
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.708
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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55.834
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 8.375
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.936
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.163
And all notifications have disappeared 8.623
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.266
And all tps features are enabled 8.147
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:37.821
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 1:56.038
And I enable persistence 26.403
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.641
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.597
And persistence is enabled 8.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.646
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 7.385
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.809
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.451
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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39.476
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 8.746
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.575
When I enable persistence 13.299
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.273
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.024
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.354
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.296
When I try to enable persistence 1.212
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.157
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.247
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.123
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.076
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.225
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.187
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 7.875
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.233
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.116
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.212
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 7.693
And all notifications have disappeared 7.524
# 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" 0.161
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.100
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.205
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.140
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.155
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 7.766
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.451
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.271
When I try to enable persistence 1.143
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.319
When I log in to a new session 7.534
And all notifications have disappeared 6.758
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.122
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000