Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21559-flatpak-locale-tests 2 01 Sep 2026, 19:14

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 24:15.891 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.091
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.047
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.058
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.225
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.929
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.341
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.430
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.212
And persistence is disabled 0.092
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:52.756
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 22.677
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.336
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.114
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.566
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.959
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.851
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.152
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
31.629
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 7.947
And the system is very low on memory 5.478
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.226
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.944
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.120
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.360
And I free up some memory 0.477
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.027
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:51.987
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 8.885
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.226
And all tps features are active 8.421
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.131
When I disable the first tps feature 2.466
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.118
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.395
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.798
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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14.187
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 8.181
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
When I disable the first tps feature 3.065
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.049
When I enable the first tps feature 2.538
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
14.190
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 7.835
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.089
And I disable the first tps feature 3.132
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.027
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.307
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 8.320
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 11.975
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.068
When I write some files expected to persist 1.109
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.583
# 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" 12.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.656
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 8.155
And the network is plugged 0.058
And Tor is ready 8.829
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.141
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.423
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.913
And I capture all network traffic 0.010
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 12.497
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.387
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.064
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055
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41.381
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 9.269
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.102
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.780
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:57.071
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 9.230
When I enable persistence 23.857
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.754
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.326
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.339
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.458
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.455
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.236
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.121
When I cold reboot the computer 5.902
And the computer reboots Tails 35.052
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.339
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.313
Given I enable persistence 15.505
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.064
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.220
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.748
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:12.302
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.915
# 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 29.453
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.405
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.402
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
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41.771
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 8.296
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.894
Then persistence is disabled 0.092
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.286
And all notifications have disappeared 8.303
When I delete the persistent partition 2.585
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:21.975
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 7.801
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.046
And 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 1:8.383
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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59.294
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 8.908
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.723
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.660
And all notifications have disappeared 8.003
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.431
And all tps features are enabled 8.303
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:48.234
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 2:3.184
And I enable persistence 28.349
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.376
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.581
And persistence is enabled 8.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.248
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.479
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.259
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.250
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.793
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.438
When I enable persistence 14.277
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.817
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 8.223
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.266
When I try to enable persistence 1.238
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.585
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.298
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.162
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.067
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.120
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.866
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 7.823
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.089
When I try to enable persistence 1.275
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.384
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.229
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I log in to a new session 9.710
And all notifications have disappeared 9.753
# 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" 0.134
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.300
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.188
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.184
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.941
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 8.125
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.507
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.387
When I try to enable persistence 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.691
When I log in to a new session 8.696
And all notifications have disappeared 8.130
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.335
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000