Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak 27 25 Sep 2026, 19:58

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 22:19.125 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:28.377
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 1:16.412
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.037
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.220
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.602
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 8.385
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.443
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.179
And persistence is disabled 0.094
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:30.430
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 8.356
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.299
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.231
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.471
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.763
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.141
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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27.885
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 7.848
And the system is very low on memory 3.919
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.369
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.225
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.081
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.333
And I free up some memory 0.435
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.632
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.832
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 8.338
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.298
And all tps features are active 7.505
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.757
When I disable the first tps feature 2.432
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.342
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.267
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.527
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
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12.818
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.051
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I disable the first tps feature 2.508
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.057
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.031
When I enable the first tps feature 1.922
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.236
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 7.699
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
And I disable the first tps feature 2.490
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.874
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.793
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 7.377
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 8.314
And I take note of which tps features are available 10.516
When I write some files expected to persist 2.188
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.272
# 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" 11.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.019
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 7.870
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 8.467
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.162
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.918
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.825
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 11.100
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.396
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.077
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.087
Tags: @product
38.824
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 8.263
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.072
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.765
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.364
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 8.285
When I enable persistence 20.890
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.135
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.278
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.297
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.300
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.514
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.104
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.130
When I cold reboot the computer 5.963
And the computer reboots Tails 33.422
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.386
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.219
Given I enable persistence 12.770
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.290
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.216
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
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2:3.050
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 8.138
# 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 27.375
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.956
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.152
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
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37.873
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 8.567
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.480
Then persistence is disabled 0.097
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.379
And all notifications have disappeared 8.467
When I delete the persistent partition 2.650
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:16.590
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 8.076
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.050
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.196
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.083
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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53.411
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 8.030
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.141
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.865
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.432
And all notifications have disappeared 7.647
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.211
And all tps features are enabled 7.443
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:34.646
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 1:53.663
And I enable persistence 25.255
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.417
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.494
And persistence is enabled 7.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.438
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 7.393
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.613
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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38.249
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 8.327
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.215
When I enable persistence 12.851
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.232
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 8.056
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.663
When I try to enable persistence 1.234
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.586
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.149
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.254
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.889
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 7.985
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.045
When I try to enable persistence 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.786
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.241
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.022
When I log in to a new session 7.826
And all notifications have disappeared 7.555
# 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" 0.106
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.098
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.136
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.071
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.559
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 20.949
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.254
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.234
When I try to enable persistence 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.144
When I log in to a new session 8.040
And all notifications have disappeared 5.980
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.026
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000