Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21548-flatpak-install 6 16 May 2026, 14:18

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 19:54.365 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:28.552
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:15.383
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.035
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.244
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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26.278
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.580
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.190
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.322
And persistence is disabled 0.149
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.831
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.383
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.282
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.104
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.088
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.328
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.254
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.242
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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28.067
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.437
And the system is very low on memory 3.217
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.139
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.463
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.162
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.354
And I free up some memory 0.827
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.419
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:28.205
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.038
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.278
And all tps features are active 1.193
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.049
When I disable the first tps feature 2.486
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.169
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.357
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.597
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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12.989
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.715
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I disable the first tps feature 2.486
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.044
When I enable the first tps feature 2.393
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
12.749
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.090
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
And I disable the first tps feature 2.580
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.896
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
42.496
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.099
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 12.883
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.176
When I write some files expected to persist 1.216
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.307
# 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" 11.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:39.526
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.237
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 8.278
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.147
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.380
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.286
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 11.611
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.367
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.086
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.070
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40.020
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.162
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.061
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.702
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:41.409
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.359
When I enable persistence 12.441
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.660
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.264
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.320
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.252
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.502
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.958
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.145
When I cold reboot the computer 6.255
And the computer reboots Tails 35.939
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.269
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.237
Given I enable persistence 7.044
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.258
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.291
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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2:4.151
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.094
# 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 26.714
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.401
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.643
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product
37.927
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.164
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.625
Then persistence is disabled 0.097
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.157
And all notifications have disappeared 7.813
When I delete the persistent partition 2.697
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:15.087
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.185
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.044
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.608
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.041
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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40.752
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.948
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.076
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.590
And all notifications have disappeared 7.607
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.251
And all tps features are enabled 0.970
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:4.063
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 30.690
And I enable persistence 21.496
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.873
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.553
And persistence is enabled 1.449
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.190
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.129
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.488
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.012
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.078
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.561
When I enable persistence 6.578
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.239
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.351
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.774
When I try to enable persistence 1.254
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.125
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.457
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.140
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.406
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.657
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.070
When I try to enable persistence 1.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.392
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I log in to a new session 10.527
And all notifications have disappeared 9.717
# 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" 0.172
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.372
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.162
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.291
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.403
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.490
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.243
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.313
When I try to enable persistence 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.955
When I log in to a new session 10.680
And all notifications have disappeared 8.406
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.307
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000