Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak 50 18 Oct 2026, 19:56

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 23:33.347 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:17.630
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 1:37.456
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.696
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.562
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.497
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 8.669
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.742
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.199
And persistence is disabled 0.092
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.703
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 21.996
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.209
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.818
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.031
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.207
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.133
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.177
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.452
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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28.336
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 7.962
And the system is very low on memory 4.247
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.255
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.195
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.122
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.307
And I free up some memory 0.438
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.765
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.216
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 8.454
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.285
And all tps features are active 7.433
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.082
When I disable the first tps feature 2.523
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.018
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.201
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.510
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
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12.905
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 7.696
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.044
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I disable the first tps feature 2.459
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.046
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.035
When I enable the first tps feature 2.403
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.767
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.800
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.085
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
And I disable the first tps feature 2.498
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.292
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
48.410
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 7.528
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 12.107
And I take note of which tps features are available 10.395
When I write some files expected to persist 1.909
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.312
# 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" 11.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.065
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 7.668
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 9.225
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.124
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.340
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.072
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 11.605
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.529
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.159
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.096
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35.434
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 8.406
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.074
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.439
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.513
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:47.006
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 8.442
When I enable persistence 20.969
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.918
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.728
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.194
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.131
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.501
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.079
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.117
When I cold reboot the computer 5.806
And the computer reboots Tails 34.101
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.340
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.251
Given I enable persistence 12.586
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.079
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.131
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.524
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
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2:5.035
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 8.155
# 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 27.176
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.510
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.023
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
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37.676
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 8.210
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.458
Then persistence is disabled 0.076
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.092
And all notifications have disappeared 8.036
When I delete the persistent partition 2.587
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:16.651
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 8.147
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.048
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.261
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.961
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.441
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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54.558
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 8.280
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.145
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.849
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.967
And all notifications have disappeared 7.920
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.204
And all tps features are enabled 7.667
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.476
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:34.598
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 1:54.100
And I enable persistence 25.405
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.184
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.564
And persistence is enabled 7.343
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.077
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 7.389
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.186
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.111
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 8.402
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.190
When I enable persistence 12.324
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.644
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 8.416
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.730
When I try to enable persistence 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.998
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.083
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.110
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.088
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.242
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 7.846
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.073
When I try to enable persistence 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.928
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.111
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 8.117
And all notifications have disappeared 6.641
# 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" 0.188
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.086
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.139
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.994
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
51.777
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 21.209
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.018
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.254
When I try to enable persistence 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.184
When I log in to a new session 6.846
And all notifications have disappeared 8.254
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.096
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000