Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21548-flatpak-install 9 21 May 2026, 15:15

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 21:31.435 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.295
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 1:20.336
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.721
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.329
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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29.222
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 8.432
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.692
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.234
And persistence is disabled 0.101
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:43.144
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 9.009
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.312
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.090
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.752
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.492
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.142
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.237
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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30.249
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 7.976
And the system is very low on memory 3.155
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.215
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.728
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.196
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.378
And I free up some memory 0.864
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.683
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.124
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 8.563
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.349
And all tps features are active 1.268
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.161
When I disable the first tps feature 3.057
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.204
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.800
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.471
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005
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13.629
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 7.715
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I disable the first tps feature 2.971
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.054
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.043
When I enable the first tps feature 2.545
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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13.453
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.662
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.086
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
And I disable the first tps feature 2.597
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.977
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
45.693
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 7.842
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 13.610
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.166
When I write some files expected to persist 1.387
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.694
# 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" 12.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:49.045
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 7.706
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 10.379
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.116
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.639
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.643
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 11.929
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.401
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.090
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.048
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43.310
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.945
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.090
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.115
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.334
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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3:0.648
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 9.582
When I enable persistence 14.135
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.575
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.950
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.377
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.288
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.580
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 28.097
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.137
When I cold reboot the computer 10.552
And the computer reboots Tails 40.675
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.411
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.215
Given I enable persistence 9.165
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.116
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.264
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.357
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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2:13.985
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 enabled and logged in 8.971
# 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 25.762
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.360
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:9.234
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
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40.248
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 8.666
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.450
Then persistence is disabled 0.151
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.675
And all notifications have disappeared 8.120
When I delete the persistent partition 2.750
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:22.605
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 8.613
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.055
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.485
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.230
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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43.803
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.964
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.167
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.678
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.087
And all notifications have disappeared 8.046
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.374
And all tps features are enabled 1.219
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:7.394
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 32.694
And I enable persistence 20.845
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.790
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.553
And persistence is enabled 1.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.406
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 7.541
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.278
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
26.257
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.663
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.740
When I enable persistence 6.831
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
26.677
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 7.734
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.706
When I try to enable persistence 1.276
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.222
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.187
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.330
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.159
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.645
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 7.705
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.230
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.152
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 11.940
And all notifications have disappeared 10.215
# 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" 0.206
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.450
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.186
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.324
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.592
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 8.002
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.873
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.407
When I try to enable persistence 1.194
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.530
When I log in to a new session 12.137
And all notifications have disappeared 8.050
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.562
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000