Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak 49 17 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 24:19.698 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:59.958
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.274
And I update the APT lists using apt 36.112
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.482
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.204
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 8.747
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.134
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.268
And persistence is disabled 0.088
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.309
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 8.447
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.340
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.079
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.297
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.220
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.662
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.153
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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29.130
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 8.328
And the system is very low on memory 3.866
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.190
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.603
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.224
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.499
And I free up some memory 0.547
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.818
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:51.421
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 8.049
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.304
And all tps features are active 8.571
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.261
When I disable the first tps feature 2.466
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.534
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.339
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.937
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.028
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 7.769
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I disable the first tps feature 2.466
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.044
When I enable the first tps feature 2.412
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.312
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 7.803
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
And I disable the first tps feature 2.543
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.794
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
50.633
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 7.634
And the network is plugged 0.048
And Tor is ready 13.141
And I take note of which tps features are available 11.171
When I write some files expected to persist 1.472
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.407
# 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" 11.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.256
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 7.695
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 9.315
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.114
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.289
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.768
And I capture all network traffic 0.012
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 11.359
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.419
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.092
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039
Tags: @product
37.764
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.381
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.073
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.274
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:51.296
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 8.776
When I enable persistence 21.500
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.380
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.362
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.271
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.139
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.488
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.645
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.134
When I cold reboot the computer 5.845
And the computer reboots Tails 34.618
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.230
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.115
Given I enable persistence 14.537
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.085
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.148
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 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:7.239
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 8.369
# 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 27.533
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.114
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.497
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
38.138
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 8.175
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.939
Then persistence is disabled 0.085
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.587
And all notifications have disappeared 8.362
When I delete the persistent partition 2.676
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:17.986
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 7.758
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.046
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.300
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.639
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
57.350
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 8.113
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.040
When I try to enable persistence 1.146
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.088
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.275
And all notifications have disappeared 7.527
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.371
And all tps features are enabled 8.267
And all tps features but the first one are active 9.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:32.053
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 2:44.303
And I enable persistence 30.978
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.890
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.513
And persistence is enabled 8.367
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.709
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 7.402
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.779
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.086
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 8.649
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.154
When I enable persistence 13.486
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.734
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 8.064
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.163
When I try to enable persistence 1.261
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.883
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.382
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.238
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.894
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 7.941
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.044
When I try to enable persistence 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.302
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.235
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 8.508
And all notifications have disappeared 7.217
# 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" 0.114
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.092
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.246
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.053
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.188
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 7.879
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.567
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.290
When I try to enable persistence 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.176
When I log in to a new session 8.001
And all notifications have disappeared 7.035
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.138
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000