Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak 25 22 Sep 2026, 19:39

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 22:10.803 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.296
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.083
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.210
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.243
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.907
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 8.404
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.552
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.231
And persistence is disabled 0.094
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.093
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 8.385
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.275
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.720
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.318
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.055
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.169
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029
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28.965
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 8.088
And the system is very low on memory 4.871
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.171
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.283
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.086
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.318
And I free up some memory 0.508
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.586
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.421
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 7.935
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.236
And all tps features are active 7.878
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.814
When I disable the first tps feature 2.477
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.631
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.299
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.630
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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13.144
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 enabled and logged in 7.977
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.072
When I disable the first tps feature 2.459
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.022
When I enable the first tps feature 2.360
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.545
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 7.608
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
And I disable the first tps feature 2.447
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.310
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.314
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 7.538
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 8.289
And I take note of which tps features are available 10.339
When I write some files expected to persist 1.919
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.259
# 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" 10.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.421
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.178
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.669
And the network is plugged 0.046
And Tor is ready 8.395
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.114
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 1:3.622
And I capture all network traffic 0.013
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 12.376
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.430
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.082
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.057
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35.206
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 8.061
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.081
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 10.892
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:48.855
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 8.224
When I enable persistence 21.582
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.402
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.222
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.391
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.327
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.541
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.916
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.126
When I cold reboot the computer 7.049
And the computer reboots Tails 33.114
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.288
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.222
Given I enable persistence 12.843
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.067
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.334
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.111
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
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2:2.534
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 8.150
# 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 27.825
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.912
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.410
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026
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36.587
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 8.367
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.921
Then persistence is disabled 0.103
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.221
And all notifications have disappeared 8.028
When I delete the persistent partition 2.669
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:14.711
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.681
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.051
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.270
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.546
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.460
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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54.095
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 8.402
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.155
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.615
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.289
And all notifications have disappeared 8.526
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.219
And all tps features are enabled 7.340
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.481
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:36.270
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 1:56.683
And I enable persistence 25.024
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.460
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.473
And persistence is enabled 7.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.161
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 7.458
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.241
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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37.704
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.254
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.086
When I enable persistence 12.746
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.391
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 7.920
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.223
When I try to enable persistence 1.210
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.324
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.151
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.170
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.078
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.077
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 7.831
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.193
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.146
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 8.119
And all notifications have disappeared 8.200
# 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" 0.101
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.072
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.140
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.108
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.340
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 7.810
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.235
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.221
When I try to enable persistence 1.167
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.356
When I log in to a new session 7.767
And all notifications have disappeared 6.873
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.060
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000