Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak 54 23 Oct 2026, 19:50

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 23:51.438 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:57.248
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 1:17.780
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.988
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.617
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.393
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.536
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.652
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.253
And persistence is disabled 0.077
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.016
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 8.720
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.264
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.190
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.636
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.511
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.451
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.145
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
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28.273
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 8.197
And the system is very low on memory 3.969
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.142
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.182
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.114
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.432
And I free up some memory 0.451
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.707
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:2.542
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 enabled and logged in 21.798
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.264
And all tps features are active 7.870
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.072
When I disable the first tps feature 2.452
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.999
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.324
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.672
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
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13.957
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 7.879
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.117
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.144
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.079
When I disable the first tps feature 3.018
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.077
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.042
When I enable the first tps feature 2.506
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.663
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 7.883
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.107
And I disable the first tps feature 2.571
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.986
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
51.529
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 7.653
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 14.574
And I take note of which tps features are available 10.608
When I write some files expected to persist 1.536
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.673
# 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" 11.445
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.397
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 7.692
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 10.117
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.138
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.267
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.821
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 11.480
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.466
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.072
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043
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38.035
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.440
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.085
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.197
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:52.535
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 8.663
When I enable persistence 23.689
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.860
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.027
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.342
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" 4.513
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.453
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.155
When I cold reboot the computer 5.984
And the computer reboots Tails 33.084
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.335
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.288
Given I enable persistence 13.086
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.084
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.152
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.388
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
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2:12.749
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 8.823
# 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 26.626
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.478
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.412
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 26.408
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.060
Tags: @product
37.524
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 8.349
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.923
Then persistence is disabled 0.079
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.277
And all notifications have disappeared 7.203
When I delete the persistent partition 2.632
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:21.044
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 8.298
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.041
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.372
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.076
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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55.662
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 8.005
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.546
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.342
And all notifications have disappeared 8.068
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.257
And all tps features are enabled 8.218
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:41.044
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 1:56.875
And I enable persistence 27.082
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.715
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.751
And persistence is enabled 8.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.464
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 7.683
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.303
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.478
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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40.513
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 8.433
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.783
When I enable persistence 13.565
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.037
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.649
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 7.991
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.227
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.571
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.209
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.223
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.083
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.523
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 8.259
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.705
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.272
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.038
When I log in to a new session 8.557
And all notifications have disappeared 8.016
# 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" 0.175
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.054
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.165
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.111
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.668
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 8.219
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.664
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.342
When I try to enable persistence 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.126
When I log in to a new session 8.260
And all notifications have disappeared 7.937
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.111
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000