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test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak 46 14 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 23:35.883 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:57.733
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 1:18.382
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.932
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.586
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.304
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 8.280
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.424
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.189
And persistence is disabled 0.084
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.325
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:31.981
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 8.770
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.290
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.338
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.038
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.363
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.876
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.161
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040
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27.841
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 7.855
And the system is very low on memory 3.691
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.163
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.430
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.109
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.351
And I free up some memory 0.666
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.538
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:46.971
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 8.499
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.316
And all tps features are active 8.163
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.763
When I disable the first tps feature 2.445
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.800
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.245
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.277
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.460
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
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13.044
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 7.793
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.050
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I disable the first tps feature 2.448
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.031
When I enable the first tps feature 2.396
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.098
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.211
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 7.766
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 2.444
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.847
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:2.250
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 20.587
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 13.099
And I take note of which tps features are available 10.274
When I write some files expected to persist 1.950
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.234
# 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" 11.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:1.624
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 33.858
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 10.309
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.112
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.405
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.895
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 10.397
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.399
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.079
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.075
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38.344
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.443
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.062
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.012
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:49.604
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 8.808
When I enable persistence 21.375
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.298
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.258
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.370
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.272
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.470
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.831
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.126
When I cold reboot the computer 5.764
And the computer reboots Tails 34.494
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.194
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.126
Given I enable persistence 12.660
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.059
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.293
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.079
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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2:6.900
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 7.992
# 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 27.773
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.281
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.406
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.446
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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36.739
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 8.221
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.466
Then persistence is disabled 0.069
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.160
And all notifications have disappeared 8.013
When I delete the persistent partition 2.574
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:17.498
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 8.318
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.825
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.121
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032
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54.540
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 8.043
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.044
When I try to enable persistence 1.120
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.815
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.238
And all notifications have disappeared 7.969
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.221
And all tps features are enabled 7.076
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:36.617
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 1:56.297
And I enable persistence 25.069
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.145
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.419
And persistence is enabled 7.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.593
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 7.315
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.835
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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39.144
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 8.549
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.679
When I enable persistence 13.340
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.040
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.254
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 8.233
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.349
When I try to enable persistence 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.209
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.140
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.183
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.218
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.614
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 8.144
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.204
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.228
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 7.728
And all notifications have disappeared 8.875
# 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" 0.143
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.078
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.145
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.995
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.070
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 8.047
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.431
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.217
When I try to enable persistence 1.225
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.454
When I log in to a new session 7.213
And all notifications have disappeared 6.607
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.064
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000