Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak 32 30 Sep 2026, 19:47

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 23:43.295 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.257
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.117
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.123
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.242
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.106
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 8.875
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.058
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.209
And persistence is disabled 0.140
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.269
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 9.023
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.258
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.481
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.036
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.219
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.963
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.154
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
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29.526
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.193
And the system is very low on memory 4.054
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.153
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.512
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.105
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.421
And I free up some memory 0.529
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.513
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:48.280
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 8.326
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.257
And all tps features are active 8.370
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.979
When I disable the first tps feature 2.461
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.905
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.607
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.095
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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13.711
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.040
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.442
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I disable the first tps feature 2.488
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.033
When I enable the first tps feature 2.410
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.044
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.286
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 20.773
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.048
And I disable the first tps feature 2.443
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.894
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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50.073
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 7.622
And the network is plugged 0.064
And Tor is ready 13.417
And I take note of which tps features are available 10.478
When I write some files expected to persist 1.597
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.327
# 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" 11.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:50.285
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 20.570
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 8.422
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.180
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.319
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.995
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 11.039
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.389
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.099
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.063
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37.456
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.585
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.069
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.595
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.081
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 8.783
When I enable persistence 22.100
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.903
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.611
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.392
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.133
# 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 22.108
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.126
When I cold reboot the computer 4.484
And the computer reboots Tails 34.871
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.252
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.159
Given I enable persistence 13.326
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.063
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.299
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.816
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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2:14.677
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 8.186
# 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 28.811
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.155
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.709
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045
Tags: @product
37.414
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 8.502
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.738
Then persistence is disabled 0.072
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.188
And all notifications have disappeared 7.929
When I delete the persistent partition 2.710
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:20.621
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 8.617
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.075
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.374
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.323
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
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56.711
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 8.478
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.913
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.609
And all notifications have disappeared 8.122
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.294
And all tps features are enabled 7.536
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:53.142
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 2:9.282
And I enable persistence 27.075
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.959
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.547
And persistence is enabled 8.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.173
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 7.622
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.993
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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40.957
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 8.550
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.743
When I enable persistence 13.537
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.069
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 8.606
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.684
When I try to enable persistence 1.242
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.955
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.236
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.178
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.238
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.041
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 8.285
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.972
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I log in to a new session 8.342
And all notifications have disappeared 6.492
# 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" 0.116
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.077
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.177
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.217
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.150
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.585
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.925
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.335
When I try to enable persistence 1.144
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.301
When I log in to a new session 7.758
And all notifications have disappeared 7.760
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.360
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000