Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak 21 18 Sep 2026, 19:40

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 22:12.702 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.281
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 1:17.227
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.142
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.199
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.175
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 8.373
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.284
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.224
And persistence is disabled 0.077
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:30.586
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 8.342
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.323
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.100
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.203
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 5.281
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.107
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.146
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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29.254
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 7.935
And the system is very low on memory 4.774
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.173
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.371
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.071
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.455
And I free up some memory 0.440
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.983
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:45.657
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 8.052
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.264
And all tps features are active 8.359
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.792
When I disable the first tps feature 2.464
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.101
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.346
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.602
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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13.019
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 7.793
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.049
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I disable the first tps feature 2.438
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.045
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.033
When I enable the first tps feature 2.402
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.114
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 7.546
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.085
And I disable the first tps feature 2.468
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.857
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.797
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 7.629
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 10.436
And I take note of which tps features are available 9.807
When I write some files expected to persist 1.578
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.370
# 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" 10.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.471
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.324
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 7.636
And the network is plugged 0.056
And Tor is ready 8.945
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.109
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.170
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.136
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 10.575
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.419
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.094
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046
Tags: @product
37.660
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 8.199
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.085
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.802
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:45.826
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 8.195
When I enable persistence 21.128
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.174
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.223
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.357
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.278
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.528
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.460
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.129
When I cold reboot the computer 5.786
And the computer reboots Tails 32.690
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.373
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.230
Given I enable persistence 12.666
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.058
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.280
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.120
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
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2:7.704
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 8.084
# 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 28.460
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.472
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.283
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.404
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
37.204
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 8.648
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.962
Then persistence is disabled 0.082
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.044
And all notifications have disappeared 7.558
When I delete the persistent partition 2.629
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:15.778
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 7.766
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.045
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.460
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.333
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
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54.292
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 8.356
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.212
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.383
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.438
And all notifications have disappeared 7.375
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.185
And all tps features are enabled 8.000
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:34.533
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 1:53.276
And I enable persistence 26.049
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.997
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.561
And persistence is enabled 7.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.738
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 7.406
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.795
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
38.285
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 8.244
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.973
When I enable persistence 13.540
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.475
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.112
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 8.334
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.406
When I try to enable persistence 1.144
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.504
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.225
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.085
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.097
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.955
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 7.838
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.044
When I try to enable persistence 1.149
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.947
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.256
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.022
When I log in to a new session 7.017
And all notifications have disappeared 7.429
# 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" 0.152
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.080
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.199
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.058
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 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.398
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 7.993
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.506
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.298
When I try to enable persistence 1.276
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.108
When I log in to a new session 7.893
And all notifications have disappeared 6.345
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.125
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000