Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21548-flatpak-install 7 17 May 2026, 14:16

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 19:47.949 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:28.614
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:15.897
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.661
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.319
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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27.332
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 8.215
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.047
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.237
And persistence is disabled 0.137
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.253
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 logged in 8.198
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.283
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.086
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.830
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.329
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.237
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.172
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.034
Tags: @product
28.277
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 7.168
And the system is very low on memory 3.896
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.150
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.734
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.108
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.326
And I free up some memory 0.784
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.043
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:28.998
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 8.330
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.299
And all tps features are active 1.086
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.933
When I disable the first tps feature 2.474
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.020
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.780
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.061
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.020
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12.957
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 7.430
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.085
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 2.533
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.046
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.059
When I enable the first tps feature 2.573
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
12.649
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 7.111
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
And I disable the first tps feature 2.536
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.790
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
38.210
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 7.238
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 8.804
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.151
When I write some files expected to persist 1.185
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.370
# 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" 11.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:39.580
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 7.302
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 9.811
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.180
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.356
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.485
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 10.892
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.358
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.066
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.048
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36.998
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.652
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.063
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.183
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:46.470
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 8.342
When I enable persistence 12.632
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.040
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.403
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.360
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.234
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.515
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.784
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.130
When I cold reboot the computer 10.054
And the computer reboots Tails 36.203
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.268
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.180
Given I enable persistence 6.915
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.072
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.271
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.915
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.013
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2:7.687
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 8.252
# 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 26.580
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.542
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.527
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
37.901
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 8.107
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.342
Then persistence is disabled 0.097
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.192
And all notifications have disappeared 8.152
When I delete the persistent partition 2.673
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:18.303
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 7.496
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.076
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.464
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.056
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.011
Tags: @product
39.785
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 7.889
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.736
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.997
And all notifications have disappeared 7.714
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.282
And all tps features are enabled 0.886
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
58.665
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 29.161
And I enable persistence 17.864
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.614
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.580
And persistence is enabled 1.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
22.017
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 6.837
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.589
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.680
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 7.907
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.320
When I enable persistence 6.653
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
22.955
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 7.909
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.174
When I try to enable persistence 1.280
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.719
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.414
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.154
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.401
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.718
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.282
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.272
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.035
When I log in to a new session 10.406
And all notifications have disappeared 9.531
# 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" 0.211
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.478
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.178
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.318
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.206
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 7.838
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.656
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.348
When I try to enable persistence 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.959
When I log in to a new session 10.490
And all notifications have disappeared 8.606
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.373
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000