Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak 34 02 Oct 2026, 19:46

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 23:48.894 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:57.198
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 1:17.560
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.163
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.465
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.182
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 8.854
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.116
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.176
And persistence is disabled 0.069
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.378
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 8.571
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.355
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.205
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.094
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.238
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.601
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.182
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
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28.802
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 8.210
And the system is very low on memory 4.090
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.241
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.167
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.080
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.403
And I free up some memory 0.508
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:48.469
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 7.971
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.269
And all tps features are active 8.483
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.876
When I disable the first tps feature 2.440
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.182
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.495
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.418
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.330
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
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14.439
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 8.139
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.096
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.068
When I disable the first tps feature 2.440
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 1.044
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.033
When I enable the first tps feature 2.463
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.301
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 7.748
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
And I disable the first tps feature 2.512
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.841
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:3.311
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 21.068
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 13.075
And I take note of which tps features are available 9.809
When I write some files expected to persist 2.202
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.666
# 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" 11.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.425
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.796
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 7.751
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 10.054
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.126
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.261
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.094
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.046
And Tor is ready 11.648
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.385
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.059
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.333
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.071
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37.645
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 8.391
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 11.211
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:52.981
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 8.456
When I enable persistence 21.531
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.518
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.656
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.266
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.283
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.557
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.270
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.135
When I cold reboot the computer 5.942
And the computer reboots Tails 34.295
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.332
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.263
Given I enable persistence 13.964
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.077
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.285
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.938
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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2:8.288
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 8.441
# 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 27.394
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.241
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.180
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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35.350
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 8.009
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.795
Then persistence is disabled 0.068
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.775
And all notifications have disappeared 7.067
When I delete the persistent partition 2.597
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:16.057
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 8.137
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.042
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 1:2.300
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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52.757
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 7.945
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.274
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.889
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.517
And all notifications have disappeared 8.147
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.239
And all tps features are enabled 7.276
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.417
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:51.869
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 2:10.837
And I enable persistence 25.735
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.063
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.505
And persistence is enabled 7.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.164
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 20.127
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.556
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.480
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.512
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.561
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.719
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.346
When I enable persistence 12.884
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.035
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.414
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 8.413
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.450
When I try to enable persistence 1.257
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.534
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.130
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.211
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.066
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.164
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.185
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.613
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 7.892
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.135
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.120
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.082
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.022
When I log in to a new session 7.271
And all notifications have disappeared 7.648
# 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" 0.118
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.112
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.187
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.047
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.308
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 8.001
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.371
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.243
When I try to enable persistence 1.152
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.565
When I log in to a new session 7.503
And all notifications have disappeared 7.409
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.128
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000