Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak 45 13 Oct 2026, 20:18

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 26:11.390 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:0.249
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.403
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.555
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.489
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.835
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 9.020
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.184
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.218
And persistence is disabled 0.079
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.331
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.846
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 9.816
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.315
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.123
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.074
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.270
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.955
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.186
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
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30.525
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 8.930
And the system is very low on memory 4.003
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.223
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.495
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.268
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.480
And I free up some memory 0.576
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.511
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:54.192
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 8.449
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.403
And all tps features are active 8.776
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.971
When I disable the first tps feature 2.579
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.094
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.480
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.082
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
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13.654
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 8.051
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I disable the first tps feature 2.538
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.041
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.040
When I enable the first tps feature 2.691
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.494
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.378
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 7.983
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
And I disable the first tps feature 2.458
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.758
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
51.198
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 8.139
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 11.733
And I take note of which tps features are available 11.479
When I write some files expected to persist 2.028
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.512
# 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" 12.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.759
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 7.881
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 10.495
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.295
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.391
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.872
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 11.986
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.398
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.079
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.064
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39.258
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 8.536
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.103
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.801
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:59.173
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 8.643
When I enable persistence 23.540
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.901
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.945
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.251
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.323
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.577
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.609
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.192
When I cold reboot the computer 5.909
And the computer reboots Tails 36.964
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.398
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.277
Given I enable persistence 14.690
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.080
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.287
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.433
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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2:10.378
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 8.415
# 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 28.929
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.953
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.625
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.453
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
37.730
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 8.524
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.351
Then persistence is disabled 0.099
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.808
And all notifications have disappeared 7.209
When I delete the persistent partition 2.685
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.626
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.180
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.054
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.979
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.216
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.095
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1:17.025
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 8.260
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.045
When I try to enable persistence 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.790
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.127
And all notifications have disappeared 8.464
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.292
And all tps features are enabled 18.648
And all tps features but the first one are active 14.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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4:22.099
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 3:27.879
And I enable persistence 34.308
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.127
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.584
And persistence is enabled 11.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
35.767
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 8.959
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 26.317
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.490
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.885
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 8.497
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.919
When I enable persistence 14.985
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.039
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.334
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 8.177
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.624
When I try to enable persistence 1.248
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.238
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.201
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.254
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.343
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.389
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 8.126
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.074
When I try to enable persistence 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.340
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.100
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 8.067
And all notifications have disappeared 8.018
# 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" 0.213
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.092
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.174
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.038
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.081
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 8.404
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.504
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.290
When I try to enable persistence 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.311
When I log in to a new session 8.470
And all notifications have disappeared 7.012
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.075
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000