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test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak 55 24 Oct 2026, 19:45

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 23:55.349 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:58.755
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 1:18.321
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.779
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.538
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.743
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 8.538
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.273
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.236
And persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.961
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 8.805
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.264
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.078
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.925
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.488
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.158
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.141
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
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28.530
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 8.257
And the system is very low on memory 3.845
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.148
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.271
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.139
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.398
And I free up some memory 0.433
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.986
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:49.089
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 8.047
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.258
And all tps features are active 7.905
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.160
When I disable the first tps feature 2.521
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.522
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.327
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.796
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054
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13.629
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 7.778
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
When I disable the first tps feature 3.089
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.057
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.046
When I enable the first tps feature 2.399
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.343
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 7.857
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 2.507
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.818
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
50.102
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 7.794
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 12.379
And I take note of which tps features are available 10.962
When I write some files expected to persist 1.865
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.326
# 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" 11.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.324
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 7.656
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 10.953
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.168
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.234
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.289
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 11.218
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.461
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.096
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.056
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38.142
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.237
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.077
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.080
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:51.865
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 8.445
When I enable persistence 23.593
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.338
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.553
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.316
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.294
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.489
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.533
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.123
When I cold reboot the computer 6.110
And the computer reboots Tails 34.158
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.340
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.395
Given I enable persistence 13.738
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.071
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.135
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.097
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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2:11.133
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 8.205
# 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 29.070
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.645
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.588
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
38.290
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 8.042
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.029
Then persistence is disabled 0.082
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.324
And all notifications have disappeared 8.003
When I delete the persistent partition 2.576
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.685
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 7.899
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.095
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.555
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.956
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
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56.019
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 7.852
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.073
When I try to enable persistence 1.146
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.106
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.531
And all notifications have disappeared 8.114
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.249
And all tps features are enabled 8.362
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:54.088
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 2:7.639
And I enable persistence 29.157
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.841
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.513
And persistence is enabled 9.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.171
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 7.750
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.924
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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45.911
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 9.202
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.546
When I enable persistence 16.735
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
And persistence is successfully enabled 10.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.915
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.769
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.032
When I try to enable persistence 1.308
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.693
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.313
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.212
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.351
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.461
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 8.203
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.963
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.225
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I log in to a new session 9.648
And all notifications have disappeared 6.676
# 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" 0.151
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.084
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.168
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.195
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.184
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 8.988
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.740
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.333
When I try to enable persistence 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.751
When I log in to a new session 9.019
And all notifications have disappeared 6.229
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.187
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000