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test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak 47 15 Oct 2026, 19:39

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 22:55.199 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:55.382
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 1:15.910
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.143
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.515
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.041
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 8.502
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.358
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.208
And persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:30.680
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 8.189
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.252
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.124
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.292
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.462
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.198
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
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28.169
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 8.096
And the system is very low on memory 3.968
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.188
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.290
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.094
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.331
And I free up some memory 0.475
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.685
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:45.943
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 7.989
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.273
And all tps features are active 8.177
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.052
When I disable the first tps feature 2.426
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.603
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.624
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.731
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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13.189
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.020
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.008
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.047
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I disable the first tps feature 2.452
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.045
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.028
When I enable the first tps feature 2.422
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.041
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.007
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 7.510
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
And I disable the first tps feature 2.429
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.880
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
49.064
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 7.511
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 13.648
And I take note of which tps features are available 9.698
When I write some files expected to persist 1.789
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.262
# 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" 11.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.796
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 7.924
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 10.856
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.176
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.241
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.149
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 11.694
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.377
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.066
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052
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35.221
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.321
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.159
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.694
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:59.391
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 21.432
When I enable persistence 20.626
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.928
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.114
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.350
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.331
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.511
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.290
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.116
When I cold reboot the computer 5.884
And the computer reboots Tails 34.584
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.286
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.153
Given I enable persistence 12.117
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.059
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.297
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.169
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:3.893
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 8.177
# 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 26.710
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.177
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.796
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
Tags: @product
36.560
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 8.511
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.688
Then persistence is disabled 0.070
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.719
And all notifications have disappeared 6.891
When I delete the persistent partition 2.638
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:16.629
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 8.029
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.040
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.379
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.026
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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53.932
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 8.219
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.043
When I try to enable persistence 1.248
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.038
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.765
And all notifications have disappeared 8.013
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.257
And all tps features are enabled 7.353
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:35.320
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 1:55.482
And I enable persistence 25.047
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.738
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.457
And persistence is enabled 7.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.048
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 7.454
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.133
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.460
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
38.355
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 8.333
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.407
When I enable persistence 12.571
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.119
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 7.957
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.634
When I try to enable persistence 1.221
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.830
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.074
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.109
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.228
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.215
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 7.942
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.191
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.454
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.082
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 7.906
And all notifications have disappeared 7.338
# 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" 0.130
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.074
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.162
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.098
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.235
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 7.978
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.400
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.293
When I try to enable persistence 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.431
When I log in to a new session 7.807
And all notifications have disappeared 6.258
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.093
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000