Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak 24 21 Sep 2026, 19:42

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 23:23.179 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.767
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.600
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.200
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.205
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.989
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 8.480
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.442
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.207
And persistence is disabled 0.077
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.809
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 22.156
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.246
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.103
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.782
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.983
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.301
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.145
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
28.108
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 8.001
And the system is very low on memory 3.759
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.244
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.340
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.098
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.364
And I free up some memory 0.706
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.555
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.281
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.244
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.250
And all tps features are active 7.770
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.688
When I disable the first tps feature 2.502
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.649
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.383
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.207
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
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12.858
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 8.141
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.050
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.075
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 0.030
When I enable the first tps feature 1.925
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.709
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 7.759
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.050
And I disable the first tps feature 2.481
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.309
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
48.175
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 enabled and logged in 7.565
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 12.012
And I take note of which tps features are available 10.651
When I write some files expected to persist 1.629
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.196
# 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" 11.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.867
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 7.876
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 8.304
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.116
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.471
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.149
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 12.149
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.449
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.063
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049
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50.166
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 21.434
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.098
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.126
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:47.844
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 8.342
When I enable persistence 21.240
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.697
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.019
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.365
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.342
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.506
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.755
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.135
When I cold reboot the computer 5.797
And the computer reboots Tails 34.266
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.239
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.152
Given I enable persistence 12.641
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.078
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.131
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.023
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:1.827
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 8.102
# 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 27.080
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.146
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.573
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:2.715
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 35.367
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.992
Then persistence is disabled 0.110
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.322
And all notifications have disappeared 7.217
When I delete the persistent partition 2.662
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.257
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 8.082
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.057
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.413
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.463
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
55.258
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.394
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.139
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.719
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.222
And all notifications have disappeared 8.280
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.254
And all tps features are enabled 7.893
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.305
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:33.989
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 1:53.946
And I enable persistence 24.469
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.140
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.446
And persistence is enabled 7.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.178
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 7.242
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.478
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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40.022
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 8.575
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.904
When I enable persistence 12.713
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.792
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 8.251
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.640
When I try to enable persistence 1.286
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.902
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.189
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.273
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.666
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 7.796
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.075
When I try to enable persistence 1.264
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.234
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.144
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.021
When I log in to a new session 7.492
And all notifications have disappeared 8.375
# 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" 0.142
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.072
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.169
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.025
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
52.890
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 20.864
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.718
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.314
When I try to enable persistence 1.153
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.470
When I log in to a new session 7.567
And all notifications have disappeared 7.816
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.153
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000