Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak 36 04 Oct 2026, 19:43

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 22:52.817 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:56.800
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 1:17.081
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.275
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.546
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.190
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 8.484
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.268
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.308
And persistence is disabled 0.069
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:31.570
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 8.481
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.276
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.100
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.732
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.159
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.532
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.198
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
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28.527
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 8.079
And the system is very low on memory 3.980
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.266
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.189
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.093
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.376
And I free up some memory 0.547
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.959
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.841
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 8.081
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.264
And all tps features are active 7.685
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.891
When I disable the first tps feature 2.479
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.536
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.359
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.361
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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12.990
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 7.587
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.086
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I disable the first tps feature 2.501
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.052
When I enable the first tps feature 2.493
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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12.900
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 7.454
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.049
And I disable the first tps feature 2.414
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.886
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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48.678
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 7.458
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 12.864
And I take note of which tps features are available 9.982
When I write some files expected to persist 1.815
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.179
# 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" 11.349
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.683
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 7.587
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 8.752
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.159
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.209
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.590
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 10.622
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.376
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.087
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.057
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37.817
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 8.327
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.080
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.301
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:45.735
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 8.336
When I enable persistence 20.722
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.652
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.555
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.246
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.159
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.452
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.990
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.092
When I cold reboot the computer 5.694
And the computer reboots Tails 33.339
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.351
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.225
Given I enable persistence 12.691
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.059
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.281
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.770
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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2:8.364
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 8.039
# 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 29.144
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.157
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.337
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
Tags: @product
36.870
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 8.584
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.093
Then persistence is disabled 0.079
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.568
And all notifications have disappeared 7.717
When I delete the persistent partition 2.568
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:17.388
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 7.831
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.085
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.387
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.906
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059
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55.880
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 8.136
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.045
When I try to enable persistence 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.889
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.772
And all notifications have disappeared 8.196
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.265
And all tps features are enabled 7.636
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:37.277
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 1:56.854
And I enable persistence 25.320
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.489
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.604
And persistence is enabled 8.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.962
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 7.037
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.467
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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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 8.680
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.134
When I enable persistence 13.785
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.897
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 8.216
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.206
When I try to enable persistence 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.559
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.229
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.204
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.079
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.998
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 7.681
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.114
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.914
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.020
When I log in to a new session 7.625
And all notifications have disappeared 8.093
# 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" 0.103
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.062
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.141
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 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.743
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 7.808
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.708
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.270
When I try to enable persistence 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.420
When I log in to a new session 7.376
And all notifications have disappeared 7.772
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.186
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000