Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak 48 16 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 24:21.560 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:56.875
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 1:16.854
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.730
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.452
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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25.752
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 8.393
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.959
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.201
And persistence is disabled 0.105
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:30.495
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 8.503
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.255
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.082
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.007
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When 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 59.090
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.135
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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28.413
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 7.831
And the system is very low on memory 4.267
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.263
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.365
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.104
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.372
And I free up some memory 0.437
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.720
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.946
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 8.074
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.271
And all tps features are active 7.564
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.188
When I disable the first tps feature 2.449
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.870
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.274
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.326
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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25.687
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 20.986
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I disable the first tps feature 2.422
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.060
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.049
When I enable the first tps feature 1.922
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.054
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 7.617
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
And I disable the first tps feature 2.518
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.739
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
49.125
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 7.556
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 13.280
And I take note of which tps features are available 10.487
When I write some files expected to persist 1.534
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.226
# 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" 10.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.054
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 7.760
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 8.283
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.101
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.212
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.997
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 11.953
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.471
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.074
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036
Tags: @product
50.064
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 21.617
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.078
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.086
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:47.596
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 8.348
When I enable persistence 21.464
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.694
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.831
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.290
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.297
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.449
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.578
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.146
When I cold reboot the computer 7.049
And the computer reboots Tails 32.040
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.305
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.225
Given I enable persistence 13.101
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.059
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.144
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.420
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
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2:6.703
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.022
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.215
# 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 29.977
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.328
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.430
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
Tags: @product
35.967
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 8.096
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.388
Then persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.726
And all notifications have disappeared 7.708
When I delete the persistent partition 2.693
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:17.296
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 8.299
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.075
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.405
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.346
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
52.962
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 7.948
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.106
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.952
And all notifications have disappeared 8.056
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.222
And all tps features are enabled 7.568
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:38.423
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 2:54.195
And I enable persistence 27.621
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.450
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.612
And persistence is enabled 9.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.667
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 7.287
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.859
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.411
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 8.381
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.562
When I enable persistence 14.717
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.035
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.536
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 8.183
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.909
When I try to enable persistence 1.227
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.595
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.132
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.221
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.186
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 7.863
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.136
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.852
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.106
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 7.811
And all notifications have disappeared 6.932
# 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" 0.147
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.097
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.167
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.009
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.337
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 8.083
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.685
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.270
When I try to enable persistence 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.470
When I log in to a new session 7.601
And all notifications have disappeared 8.353
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.041
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000