Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak 26 24 Sep 2026, 20:13

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 22:9.376 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.129
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 1:16.288
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.938
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.224
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.693
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 8.624
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.387
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.207
And persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.392
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:29.706
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 8.448
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.277
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.119
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.908
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.185
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.549
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.139
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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27.082
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 7.971
And the system is very low on memory 4.022
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.220
When I try to create a persistent partition 3.906
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.100
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.306
And I free up some memory 0.428
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.092
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.602
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 8.100
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.258
And all tps features are active 7.785
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.043
When I disable the first tps feature 2.459
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.560
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.263
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.336
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
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12.908
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 7.678
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I disable the first tps feature 2.509
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.041
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.035
When I enable the first tps feature 2.394
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.044
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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12.521
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 7.606
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.040
And I disable the first tps feature 2.464
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.318
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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45.792
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 enabled and logged in 7.657
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 9.947
And I take note of which tps features are available 9.954
When I write some files expected to persist 2.005
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.143
# 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" 11.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:34.058
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 7.692
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 8.431
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.119
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.241
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.428
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 10.424
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.406
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.084
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055
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36.653
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 8.377
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.093
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.213
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.343
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 8.360
When I enable persistence 21.021
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.314
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.913
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.209
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.128
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.444
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.920
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.135
When I cold reboot the computer 5.733
And the computer reboots Tails 33.179
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.320
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.283
Given I enable persistence 12.708
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.066
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.273
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.189
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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2:9.006
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 8.339
# 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 32.985
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.320
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.411
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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37.148
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 8.176
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.825
Then persistence is disabled 0.075
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.659
And all notifications have disappeared 8.556
When I delete the persistent partition 2.637
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:15.363
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 7.535
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.063
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.302
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.269
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.070
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56.554
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 8.238
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.040
When I try to enable persistence 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.838
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.913
And all notifications have disappeared 8.692
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.248
And all tps features are enabled 7.655
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:31.402
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 1:52.181
And I enable persistence 24.168
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.892
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.464
And persistence is enabled 7.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.311
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 7.253
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.592
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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37.877
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 8.554
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.940
When I enable persistence 12.356
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.039
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.966
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 8.180
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.459
When I try to enable persistence 1.252
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.554
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.102
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.124
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.133
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.556
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 7.824
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.156
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.210
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.022
When I log in to a new session 8.174
And all notifications have disappeared 7.574
# 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" 0.230
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.092
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.149
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.012
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.695
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 8.197
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.428
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.266
When I try to enable persistence 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.121
When I log in to a new session 7.618
And all notifications have disappeared 8.205
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.036
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000