Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak 43 11 Oct 2026, 19:49

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 23:53.837 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:56.970
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 1:17.209
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.146
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.655
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.241
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 9.321
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.993
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.213
And persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.403
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 8.649
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.363
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.089
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.673
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.458
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.919
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.159
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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29.356
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 8.228
And the system is very low on memory 3.887
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.403
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.833
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.095
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.422
And I free up some memory 0.666
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.776
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:48.925
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 8.508
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.301
And all tps features are active 9.316
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.037
When I disable the first tps feature 2.476
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.006
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.711
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.062
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.503
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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13.527
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.236
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.079
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I disable the first tps feature 2.472
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.042
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.035
When I enable the first tps feature 2.443
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.036
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.009
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 7.623
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.049
And I disable the first tps feature 2.485
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.743
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
50.391
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 7.612
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 12.166
And I take note of which tps features are available 11.773
When I write some files expected to persist 1.750
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.267
# 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" 11.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.344
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.018
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 8.149
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 10.468
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 5.319
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.026
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 11.027
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.589
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.059
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.106
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39.538
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 8.497
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.051
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.229
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.891
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 8.565
When I enable persistence 22.200
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.653
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.227
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.384
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.295
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.450
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.788
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.131
When I cold reboot the computer 6.007
And the computer reboots Tails 34.475
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.225
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.122
Given I enable persistence 13.995
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.084
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.288
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.881
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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2:15.445
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 8.874
# 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 30.850
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.334
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.395
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
39.843
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 8.635
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.971
Then persistence is disabled 0.126
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.634
And all notifications have disappeared 8.596
When I delete the persistent partition 2.647
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:21.910
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 8.893
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.082
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.590
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.137
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
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59.844
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.646
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.045
When I try to enable persistence 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.394
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.863
And all notifications have disappeared 7.997
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.238
And all tps features are enabled 7.920
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:42.319
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 1:59.912
And I enable persistence 26.255
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.966
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.527
And persistence is enabled 8.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.246
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.667
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.041
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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43.029
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.958
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.531
When I enable persistence 14.118
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.372
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.715
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 8.703
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.709
When I try to enable persistence 1.262
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.852
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.338
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.251
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.127
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.408
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.842
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 8.106
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.147
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.105
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.130
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 9.170
And all notifications have disappeared 7.697
# 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" 0.115
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.084
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.199
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.059
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.364
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 8.385
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.263
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.289
When I try to enable persistence 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.933
When I log in to a new session 7.879
And all notifications have disappeared 6.650
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.116
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000