Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak 38 06 Oct 2026, 19:53

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 24:26.094 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:9.671
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 1:30.045
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.215
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.487
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.664
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 8.971
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.927
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.242
And persistence is disabled 0.101
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.421
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.505
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 8.688
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.297
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.075
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.400
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.358
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.394
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.206
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034
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28.757
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 8.259
And the system is very low on memory 4.317
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.166
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.621
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.076
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.397
And I free up some memory 0.543
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.328
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:49.788
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 8.331
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.336
And all tps features are active 8.390
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.982
When I disable the first tps feature 2.445
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.810
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.339
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.761
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.390
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.443
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 7.951
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
When I disable the first tps feature 2.610
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.472
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.084
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.648
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 21.129
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
And I disable the first tps feature 2.550
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.775
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
50.979
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 7.729
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 13.113
And I take note of which tps features are available 11.165
When I write some files expected to persist 1.885
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.504
# 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" 11.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.492
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 8.211
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 8.406
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.145
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.573
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.661
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 12.424
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.468
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.083
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045
Tags: @product
39.696
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 8.597
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.089
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.753
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:49.639
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.654
When I enable persistence 22.073
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.786
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.140
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.396
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.284
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.580
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.812
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.114
When I cold reboot the computer 5.821
And the computer reboots Tails 34.568
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.156
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.107
Given I enable persistence 13.204
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.298
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.427
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:16.369
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 8.384
# 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 32.819
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.215
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.650
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.300
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
39.216
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 8.150
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.155
Then persistence is disabled 0.138
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.648
And all notifications have disappeared 8.247
When I delete the persistent partition 2.589
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.774
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 7.583
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.068
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 1:6.555
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047
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58.376
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 8.351
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.067
When I try to enable persistence 1.194
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.218
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.546
And all notifications have disappeared 8.490
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.245
And all tps features are enabled 8.057
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:40.738
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 1:58.442
And I enable persistence 26.194
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.961
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.481
And persistence is enabled 7.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.980
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 20.318
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.173
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.886
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 8.551
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.351
When I enable persistence 15.307
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.024
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 8.503
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.720
When I try to enable persistence 1.257
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.123
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.300
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.100
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.236
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.290
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 7.724
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.068
When I try to enable persistence 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.833
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.090
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.038
When I log in to a new session 7.751
And all notifications have disappeared 8.168
# 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" 0.150
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.090
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.183
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.237
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.151
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 7.802
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.948
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.346
When I try to enable persistence 1.150
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.273
When I log in to a new session 9.624
And all notifications have disappeared 7.174
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.082
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000