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test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak 56 25 Oct 2026, 19:42

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 23:53.699 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:1.326
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 1:21.055
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.943
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.483
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.045
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 8.725
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.634
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.221
And persistence is disabled 0.083
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.887
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 8.594
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.428
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.162
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.299
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.298
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.855
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.162
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043
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27.814
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 7.949
And the system is very low on memory 3.912
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.239
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.619
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.102
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.354
And I free up some memory 0.458
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.139
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:52.420
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 8.217
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.281
And all tps features are active 8.627
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.188
When I disable the first tps feature 2.525
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.663
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.761
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.977
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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13.138
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 7.813
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
When I disable the first tps feature 2.463
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.121
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.038
When I enable the first tps feature 2.393
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.349
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 7.878
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.042
And I disable the first tps feature 2.486
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.824
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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53.460
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 8.036
And the network is plugged 0.044
And Tor is ready 13.203
And I take note of which tps features are available 13.329
When I write some files expected to persist 2.027
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.290
# 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" 11.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.295
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 7.673
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 8.472
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.125
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.233
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.462
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.050
And Tor is ready 10.583
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.377
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.051
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054
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37.657
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 8.232
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.101
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.166
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:52.393
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 8.398
When I enable persistence 24.165
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.402
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.202
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.210
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.163
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.442
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.216
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.173
When I cold reboot the computer 6.006
And the computer reboots Tails 34.222
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.313
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.247
Given I enable persistence 13.093
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.091
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.219
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.681
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
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2:8.170
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 8.537
# 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 26.269
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.477
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.668
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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37.460
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 8.192
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.628
Then persistence is disabled 0.079
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.095
And all notifications have disappeared 8.567
When I delete the persistent partition 2.663
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:20.992
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 7.831
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.048
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.521
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.395
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
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58.724
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 7.989
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.067
When I try to enable persistence 1.243
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.604
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.981
And all notifications have disappeared 8.053
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.204
And all tps features are enabled 8.482
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:43.850
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 2:0.479
And I enable persistence 25.449
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.083
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.658
And persistence is enabled 9.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.967
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 20.239
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.191
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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40.646
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 8.781
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.944
When I enable persistence 14.156
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.039
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.050
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 8.543
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.706
When I try to enable persistence 1.234
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.732
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.123
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.140
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.105
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.418
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.301
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 7.929
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.285
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.767
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 8.021
And all notifications have disappeared 6.538
# 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" 0.215
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.109
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.177
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.124
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.744
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 8.138
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.674
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.245
When I try to enable persistence 1.172
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 1.483
When I log in to a new session 7.119
And all notifications have disappeared 8.110
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.067
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000