Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21559-flatpak-locale-tests 3 01 Sep 2026, 20:16

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 27:18.161 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:38.563
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 1:23.804
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.642
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.368
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.476
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 8.917
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.588
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.220
And persistence is disabled 0.088
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.845
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 10.303
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.456
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.081
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.675
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.040
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.339
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.695
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.216
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
Tags: @product
31.988
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 9.375
And the system is very low on memory 4.957
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.323
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.674
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.317
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.663
And I free up some memory 0.548
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.079
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:55.852
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 8.526
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.300
And all tps features are active 8.987
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.648
When I disable the first tps feature 2.654
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.912
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.684
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.406
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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13.392
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 7.856
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.049
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I disable the first tps feature 2.638
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.024
When I enable the first tps feature 2.519
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.639
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 7.963
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.047
And I disable the first tps feature 2.554
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.964
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.821
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 8.267
And the network is plugged 0.054
And Tor is ready 11.719
And I take note of which tps features are available 8.612
When I write some files expected to persist 1.494
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.444
# 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" 12.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.280
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 7.955
And the network is plugged 0.065
And Tor is ready 9.815
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.181
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.400
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.153
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 11.084
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.407
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.063
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050
Tags: @product
42.291
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.702
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.070
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.880
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:14.104
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 22.696
When I enable persistence 24.140
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.100
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.262
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.321
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.303
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.513
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.252
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.164
When I cold reboot the computer 6.451
And the computer reboots Tails 35.249
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.416
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.192
Given I enable persistence 14.949
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.094
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.187
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.682
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036
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2:27.882
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 22.372
# 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 34.714
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.385
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.464
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 17.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047
Tags: @product
41.608
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 8.487
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.283
Then persistence is disabled 0.076
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.777
And all notifications have disappeared 8.993
When I delete the persistent partition 2.670
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.319
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:24.932
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 8.560
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.056
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.266
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.837
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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1:4.871
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.288
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.443
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.213
And all notifications have disappeared 9.130
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.342
And all tps features are enabled 10.225
And all tps features but the first one are active 10.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
5:6.169
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 4:15.781
And I enable persistence 30.724
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.989
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.758
And persistence is enabled 10.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
34.807
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 8.018
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 26.206
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.815
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 8.882
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.228
When I enable persistence 16.789
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
And persistence is successfully enabled 10.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.056
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 8.894
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.533
When I try to enable persistence 1.309
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.856
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.242
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.452
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.067
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.197
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.648
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 8.288
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.142
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.761
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.245
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 9.469
And all notifications have disappeared 8.909
# 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" 0.143
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.363
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.172
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.205
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.112
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 8.741
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.971
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.326
When I try to enable persistence 1.237
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.356
When I log in to a new session 8.449
And all notifications have disappeared 7.702
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.306
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000