Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak 7 09 Sep 2026, 14:49

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 25:21.458 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:42.136
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 1:27.305
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.280
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.290
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.979
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 11.065
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.999
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.236
And persistence is disabled 0.116
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:46.868
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 9.667
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.297
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.107
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.683
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.537
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.308
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.164
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046
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33.955
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.580
And the system is very low on memory 5.860
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.170
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.838
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.153
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.430
And I free up some memory 0.535
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.323
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:58.468
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 8.606
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.276
And all tps features are active 9.732
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.364
When I disable the first tps feature 2.548
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.332
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.712
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.458
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
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13.829
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 8.382
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.078
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
When I disable the first tps feature 2.567
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.059
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.049
When I enable the first tps feature 2.405
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.045
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.844
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 enabled and logged in 8.281
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 2.586
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.801
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
52.207
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 7.898
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 12.938
And I take note of which tps features are available 10.663
When I write some files expected to persist 2.501
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.224
# 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" 12.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:48.128
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 8.556
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 10.524
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.143
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.503
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.543
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.140
And Tor is ready 12.742
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.481
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.117
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.331
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054
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41.360
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 9.484
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.088
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.758
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:2.091
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 9.189
When I enable persistence 23.851
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.542
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.489
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.419
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.166
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.549
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.328
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.129
When I cold reboot the computer 6.055
And the computer reboots Tails 36.766
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.443
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.174
Given I enable persistence 16.825
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.073
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 7.584
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
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2:15.698
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 8.740
# 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 29.608
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.391
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.932
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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42.006
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 9.648
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.231
Then persistence is disabled 0.137
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.706
And all notifications have disappeared 8.153
When I delete the persistent partition 2.843
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:27.380
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.168
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.092
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.731
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.081
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.305
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
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1:2.908
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 10.316
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.135
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.940
And all notifications have disappeared 8.566
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.270
And all tps features are enabled 9.209
And all tps features but the first one are active 9.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:49.014
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 2:2.441
And I enable persistence 29.004
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.031
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.594
And persistence is enabled 8.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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32.516
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 8.033
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.944
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
59.965
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 23.889
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.131
When I enable persistence 15.596
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.293
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.883
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 9.115
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.493
When I try to enable persistence 1.327
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.490
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.092
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.247
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.123
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.552
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 8.392
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.208
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.104
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.262
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.033
When I log in to a new session 11.507
And all notifications have disappeared 8.819
# 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" 0.140
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.550
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.209
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.295
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.662
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 10.147
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.048
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.328
When I try to enable persistence 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.141
When I log in to a new session 8.333
And all notifications have disappeared 8.280
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.059
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000