Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 10 25 Aug 2026, 03:22

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 22:14.576 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:28.835
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 1:15.580
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.430
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.200
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.803
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 8.391
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.899
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.239
And persistence is disabled 0.074
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:30.633
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 8.543
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.305
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.097
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.532
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.293
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.593
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.157
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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29.107
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 7.995
And the system is very low on memory 4.795
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.265
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.241
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.077
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.364
And I free up some memory 0.487
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.829
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.144
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 8.023
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.225
And all tps features are active 7.612
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.575
When I disable the first tps feature 2.471
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.012
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 1:3.340
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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13.122
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 7.791
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.081
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I disable the first tps feature 2.455
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.042
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.034
When I enable the first tps feature 2.497
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.048
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 20.621
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.081
And I disable the first tps feature 2.492
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.733
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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40.654
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 7.406
And the network is plugged 0.048
And Tor is ready 9.803
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.374
When I write some files expected to persist 0.777
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.240
# 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" 11.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.835
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 7.537
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 9.937
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.098
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.131
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.472
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.057
And Tor is ready 12.049
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.354
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.062
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055
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36.627
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 8.146
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.110
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 10.883
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.184
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 8.355
When I enable persistence 22.017
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.073
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.347
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.351
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.295
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.431
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.378
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.116
When I cold reboot the computer 6.048
And the computer reboots Tails 32.090
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.196
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.160
Given I enable persistence 12.418
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.072
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.289
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.431
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:2.282
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 7.999
# 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 26.727
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.882
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.941
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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36.618
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 7.924
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.412
Then persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.880
And all notifications have disappeared 7.441
When I delete the persistent partition 2.596
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:15.486
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 7.902
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.048
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.284
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.080
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
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54.511
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 7.667
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.040
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.454
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.705
And all notifications have disappeared 8.511
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.221
And all tps features are enabled 7.049
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:37.498
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 1:56.789
And I enable persistence 25.478
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.963
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.482
And persistence is enabled 7.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.262
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 7.417
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.305
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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36.725
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 7.808
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.216
When I enable persistence 12.215
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.441
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.941
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 7.699
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.993
When I try to enable persistence 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.421
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.115
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.098
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.609
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 7.738
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.041
When I try to enable persistence 1.142
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.542
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.132
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.038
When I log in to a new session 8.160
And all notifications have disappeared 7.261
# 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" 0.216
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.101
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.152
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.141
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.642
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 7.860
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.732
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.286
When I try to enable persistence 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.097
When I log in to a new session 6.819
And all notifications have disappeared 7.040
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.993
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000