Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_flatpak-dsa-20260812 2 12 Aug 2026, 14:48

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 23:34.841 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.553
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 1:19.845
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.832
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.190
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.674
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 8.459
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.114
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.200
And persistence is disabled 0.071
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.805
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 22.809
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.348
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.083
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.940
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.072
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.988
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.382
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.139
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
31.254
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 logged in 8.227
And the system is very low on memory 5.363
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.157
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.382
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.107
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.341
And I free up some memory 1.103
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.531
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:48.777
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 8.490
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.274
And all tps features are active 8.006
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.680
When I disable the first tps feature 3.002
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.527
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.261
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.394
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
13.984
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 8.178
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.042
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I disable the first tps feature 2.979
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.080
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.032
When I enable the first tps feature 2.443
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.659
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 21.279
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
And I disable the first tps feature 2.462
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.740
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.508
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 7.684
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 9.709
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.372
When I write some files expected to persist 1.144
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.392
# 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" 11.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.622
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 7.935
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 10.335
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.109
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.248
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.698
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 10.710
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.360
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.056
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.068
Tags: @product
37.978
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 8.470
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.088
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.316
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:51.588
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 8.675
When I enable persistence 22.338
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.522
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.191
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.402
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.326
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.443
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.619
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.115
When I cold reboot the computer 5.996
And the computer reboots Tails 33.168
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.314
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.233
Given I enable persistence 13.165
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.067
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.313
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.512
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
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2:10.415
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 enabled and logged in 8.250
# 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 27.517
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.323
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.455
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
39.709
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 8.624
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.724
Then persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.968
And all notifications have disappeared 8.398
When I delete the persistent partition 2.649
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:20.599
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 8.780
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.045
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.306
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.249
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
57.473
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 8.769
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.044
When I try to enable persistence 1.246
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.853
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.128
And all notifications have disappeared 8.421
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.333
And all tps features are enabled 8.083
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:45.150
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 2:1.234
And I enable persistence 27.793
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.637
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.450
And persistence is enabled 8.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.050
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.878
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.725
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.447
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.569
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 8.401
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.827
When I enable persistence 13.271
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.041
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.517
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 8.153
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.251
When I try to enable persistence 1.208
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.709
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.108
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.229
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.100
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.118
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 8.114
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.340
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 7.448
And all notifications have disappeared 8.199
# 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" 0.110
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.117
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.155
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.199
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.830
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 8.110
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.496
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.353
When I try to enable persistence 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.622
When I log in to a new session 8.472
And all notifications have disappeared 7.614
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.096
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000