Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak 39 07 Oct 2026, 19:51

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 26:19.305 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:5.074
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.022
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.662
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.640
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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41.708
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 22.370
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.541
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.188
And persistence is disabled 0.068
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.997
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 8.899
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.308
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.132
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.879
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 5.339
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.223
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.135
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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29.994
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 8.067
And the system is very low on memory 4.526
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.217
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.633
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.084
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.333
And I free up some memory 0.437
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.646
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:55.731
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.709
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.354
And all tps features are active 8.908
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.586
When I disable the first tps feature 3.005
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.681
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.496
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.101
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
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14.161
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.787
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.080
When I disable the first tps feature 2.571
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.046
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.057
When I enable the first tps feature 2.402
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.676
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 7.825
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.127
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
And I disable the first tps feature 2.714
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.860
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
51.305
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.606
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 13.459
And I take note of which tps features are available 10.456
When I write some files expected to persist 2.636
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.392
# 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" 11.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.438
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.015
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 8.208
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 10.034
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.146
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.629
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.813
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 12.178
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.462
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.083
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.096
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41.716
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.956
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.083
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.034
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:55.252
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.704
When I enable persistence 22.972
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.262
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.292
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.460
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.199
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.507
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.111
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.161
When I cold reboot the computer 6.246
And the computer reboots Tails 35.622
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.287
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.379
Given I enable persistence 13.951
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.063
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.133
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.732
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.057
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2:11.541
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.637
# 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 30.839
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.394
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.577
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028
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38.251
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 8.212
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.006
Then persistence is disabled 0.075
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.767
And all notifications have disappeared 8.343
When I delete the persistent partition 2.623
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.277
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 7.964
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.072
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.356
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.697
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.185
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
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56.532
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 8.193
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.092
When I try to enable persistence 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.999
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.854
And all notifications have disappeared 7.480
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.213
And all tps features are enabled 8.286
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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4:12.261
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 3:23.870
And I enable persistence 29.933
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.033
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.497
And persistence is enabled 9.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.287
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 20.527
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.235
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.524
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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46.639
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 8.711
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.044
When I enable persistence 15.885
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
And persistence is successfully enabled 11.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.142
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 9.180
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.947
When I try to enable persistence 1.249
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.849
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.251
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.197
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.086
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.210
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.917
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 9.419
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.804
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.124
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 8.876
And all notifications have disappeared 8.173
# 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" 0.109
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.073
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.179
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.046
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.820
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.456
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.197
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.308
When I try to enable persistence 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.542
When I log in to a new session 8.392
And all notifications have disappeared 7.827
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.121
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000