Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak 42 10 Oct 2026, 19:41

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 23:4.485 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.351
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 1:18.711
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.634
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.244
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.401
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 8.768
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.380
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.223
And persistence is disabled 0.088
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.204
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.770
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.293
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.022
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.234
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.562
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.143
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036
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28.799
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 8.142
And the system is very low on memory 4.362
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.187
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.230
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.114
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.519
And I free up some memory 0.441
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.746
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:49.530
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 enabled and logged in 8.181
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.282
And all tps features are active 8.843
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.082
When I disable the first tps feature 2.461
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.751
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.666
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.877
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.382
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.352
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 8.010
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.103
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.073
When I disable the first tps feature 2.539
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.051
When I enable the first tps feature 2.383
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.045
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.154
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 7.597
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.108
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.110
And I disable the first tps feature 2.566
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.726
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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48.716
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.793
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 11.952
And I take note of which tps features are available 10.306
When I write some files expected to persist 1.873
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.356
# 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" 11.409
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.794
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 7.769
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 8.982
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.127
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.303
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.294
And I capture all network traffic 0.014
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 10.657
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.371
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.074
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.061
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39.218
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 8.529
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.116
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.165
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.407
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:49.244
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 8.322
When I enable persistence 22.364
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.609
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.159
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.362
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.315
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.561
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.312
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.139
When I cold reboot the computer 5.897
And the computer reboots Tails 33.154
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.262
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.229
Given I enable persistence 12.887
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
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 6.214
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:14.523
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 8.373
# 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 27.640
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.623
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.030
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 26.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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37.679
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 9.061
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.920
Then persistence is disabled 0.096
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.961
And all notifications have disappeared 6.949
When I delete the persistent partition 2.631
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.478
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:21.399
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 8.345
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.097
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.442
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.338
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
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57.298
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 8.862
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.074
When I try to enable persistence 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.817
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.528
And all notifications have disappeared 8.228
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.291
And all tps features are enabled 8.201
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:40.692
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 1:59.266
And I enable persistence 26.530
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.906
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.555
And persistence is enabled 7.433
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.839
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 7.569
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.749
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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40.929
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 8.352
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.819
When I enable persistence 14.283
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.040
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.433
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.500
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 8.012
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.241
When I try to enable persistence 1.223
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.134
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.190
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.101
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.042
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.166
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.387
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.948
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 7.886
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.187
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.336
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.231
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.021
When I log in to a new session 8.624
And all notifications have disappeared 9.153
# 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" 0.110
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.061
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.183
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.147
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.906
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 8.117
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.523
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.320
When I try to enable persistence 1.234
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.186
When I log in to a new session 8.238
And all notifications have disappeared 6.103
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.264
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 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000