Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak 30 28 Sep 2026, 19:37

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 23:1.227 Passed
Tags: @product
Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
Tags: @product
1:28.633
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 1:18.087
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.281
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.282
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.120
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 8.224
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.082
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.170
And persistence is disabled 0.072
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.141
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 8.485
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.256
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.822
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 5.209
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.068
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.145
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
27.637
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 7.872
And the system is very low on memory 4.355
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.122
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.097
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.121
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.363
And I free up some memory 0.428
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.228
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.799
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 8.292
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.238
And all tps features are active 7.820
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.798
When I disable the first tps feature 2.485
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.752
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.298
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.742
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.372
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
26.234
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 20.953
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I disable the first tps feature 2.554
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.038
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.030
When I enable the first tps feature 2.412
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.045
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.167
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 7.649
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
And I disable the first tps feature 2.587
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.745
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.949
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 7.673
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 8.246
And I take note of which tps features are available 10.384
When I write some files expected to persist 2.155
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.255
# 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" 11.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.594
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 7.544
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 10.358
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.130
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.283
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.050
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 10.491
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.400
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.064
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045
Tags: @product
38.018
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 8.617
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.095
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.144
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:44.040
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 8.386
When I enable persistence 20.491
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.680
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.476
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.351
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.343
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.440
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.631
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.114
When I cold reboot the computer 5.721
And the computer reboots Tails 32.895
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.350
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.230
Given I enable persistence 12.141
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.061
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.181
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.435
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
2:5.348
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 8.269
# 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 30.366
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.189
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.253
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.268
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
35.715
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 8.180
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.137
Then persistence is disabled 0.082
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.388
And all notifications have disappeared 8.014
When I delete the persistent partition 2.684
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:16.579
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 8.044
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.051
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.653
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.598
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product
54.958
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 8.154
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.044
When I try to enable persistence 1.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.790
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.150
And all notifications have disappeared 8.798
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.295
And all tps features are enabled 7.724
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
3:9.158
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 2:22.734
And I enable persistence 29.203
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.300
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.460
And persistence is enabled 9.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.433
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 7.493
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.387
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.397
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 8.910
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.401
When I enable persistence 12.554
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.042
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.498
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 8.151
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.959
When I try to enable persistence 1.273
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.427
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.264
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.097
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.384
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 7.679
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.293
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.700
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.230
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 8.207
And all notifications have disappeared 7.937
# 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" 0.111
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.074
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.158
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.063
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 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.415
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 7.950
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.658
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.300
When I try to enable persistence 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.317
When I log in to a new session 8.129
And all notifications have disappeared 7.025
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.118
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000