Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 100 26 Oct 2026, 03:36

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 24:42.997 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:4.872
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.521
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.819
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.677
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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42.679
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 22.661
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.230
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.241
And persistence is disabled 0.085
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:47.285
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 22.718
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.297
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.094
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.979
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.102
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.827
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.180
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
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29.739
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 8.582
And the system is very low on memory 4.292
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.225
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.230
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.092
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.495
And I free up some memory 0.894
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.877
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:54.225
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 8.356
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.517
And all tps features are active 9.211
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.751
When I disable the first tps feature 2.470
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.340
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.784
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.243
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059
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13.880
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 8.165
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.071
When I disable the first tps feature 2.601
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.058
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.042
When I enable the first tps feature 2.712
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.394
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 7.866
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 2.531
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.822
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.989
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.188
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 12.992
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.722
When I write some files expected to persist 1.256
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.362
# 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" 12.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.645
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 enabled and logged in 7.937
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 10.102
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.247
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.617
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.369
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 11.757
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.385
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.070
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.137
Tags: @product
40.987
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.610
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.150
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.246
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:58.704
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 8.663
When I enable persistence 25.549
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.833
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.097
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.367
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.344
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.535
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.936
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.149
When I cold reboot the computer 6.056
And the computer reboots Tails 33.648
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.374
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.241
Given I enable persistence 13.900
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
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 8.449
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
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2:12.444
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 8.508
# 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 30.564
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.324
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.921
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
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40.157
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.928
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.810
Then persistence is disabled 0.093
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.801
And all notifications have disappeared 8.392
When I delete the persistent partition 2.829
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.301
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:20.863
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 8.382
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.054
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.412
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.769
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052
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59.613
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 8.957
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.372
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.649
And all notifications have disappeared 8.633
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.275
And all tps features are enabled 7.632
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.321
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 2:0.559
And I enable persistence 27.944
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.153
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.629
And persistence is enabled 9.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.548
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 7.461
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.523
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.686
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 9.047
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.609
When I enable persistence 13.710
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.714
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 8.297
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.042
When I try to enable persistence 1.202
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.920
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.119
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.168
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.100
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.039
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 8.659
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.130
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.886
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.202
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 9.602
And all notifications have disappeared 6.782
# 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" 0.163
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.098
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.183
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.350
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 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.202
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 8.545
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.683
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.346
When I try to enable persistence 1.228
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.589
When I log in to a new session 8.197
And all notifications have disappeared 7.545
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.195
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000