Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak 20 17 Sep 2026, 19:57

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 23:14.286 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:26.577
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 1:17.613
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.714
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.299
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.522
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 8.690
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.681
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.263
And persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.342
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.776
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.247
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.088
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.192
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.038
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.991
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.759
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.198
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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29.429
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 8.105
And the system is very low on memory 3.767
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.228
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.675
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.090
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.494
And I free up some memory 0.564
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.457
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:53.213
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 8.375
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.259
And all tps features are active 8.551
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.218
When I disable the first tps feature 2.426
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.497
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.853
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.877
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.455
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036
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13.542
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 8.057
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I disable the first tps feature 2.603
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.095
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.036
When I enable the first tps feature 2.438
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.578
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 7.970
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
And I disable the first tps feature 2.532
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.876
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.957
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 7.818
And the network is plugged 0.046
And Tor is ready 9.970
And I take note of which tps features are available 10.334
When I write some files expected to persist 1.884
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.359
# 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" 11.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.706
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 7.845
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 10.397
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.144
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.593
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.802
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 11.087
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.401
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.082
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.109
Tags: @product
37.939
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.794
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.090
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.208
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:52.918
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 8.742
When I enable persistence 23.338
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.379
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.721
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.309
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.298
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.554
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.401
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.124
When I cold reboot the computer 5.972
And the computer reboots Tails 34.722
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.353
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.247
Given I enable persistence 13.608
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.076
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.180
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.748
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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2:5.886
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 8.349
# 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 28.335
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.382
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.259
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
37.958
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 8.512
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.788
Then persistence is disabled 0.069
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.600
And all notifications have disappeared 7.998
When I delete the persistent partition 2.695
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.293
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.331
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 21.324
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.070
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.493
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.255
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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57.436
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 8.534
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.035
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.574
And all notifications have disappeared 8.288
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.257
And all tps features are enabled 8.509
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:39.374
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 1:56.953
And I enable persistence 25.716
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.837
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.494
And persistence is enabled 8.372
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.528
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 7.532
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.494
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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40.419
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 8.672
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.754
When I enable persistence 13.485
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.453
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.926
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 8.561
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.042
When I try to enable persistence 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.071
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.124
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.296
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.041
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.209
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.374
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.277
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 8.095
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.234
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.627
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.107
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.022
When I log in to a new session 9.107
And all notifications have disappeared 8.477
# 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" 0.163
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.115
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.175
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.175
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.417
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 8.427
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.084
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.381
When I try to enable persistence 1.171
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.703
When I log in to a new session 7.920
And all notifications have disappeared 7.447
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.208
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000