Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 101 26 Oct 2026, 18:55

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 25:7.287 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:59.753
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 1:17.219
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.088
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.735
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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54.600
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 35.447
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.172
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.277
And persistence is disabled 0.098
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.807
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 8.411
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.298
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.475
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.548
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.679
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.190
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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29.276
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 8.209
And the system is very low on memory 4.092
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.205
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.568
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.131
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.330
And I free up some memory 0.565
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.114
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:51.008
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 8.809
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.296
And all tps features are active 8.574
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.773
When I disable the first tps feature 2.496
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.599
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.435
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.463
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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26.438
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 21.145
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.071
When I disable the first tps feature 2.465
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.432
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.402
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 7.843
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.084
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
And I disable the first tps feature 2.579
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.772
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.416
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 7.439
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 13.479
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.000
When I write some files expected to persist 1.316
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.342
# 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" 11.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.369
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:52.289
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 20.969
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 8.798
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.135
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.261
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.530
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 12.020
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.343
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.048
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.082
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39.770
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.412
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.093
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.657
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:53.499
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 8.312
When I enable persistence 22.264
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.952
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.463
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.457
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.243
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.512
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.911
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.177
When I cold reboot the computer 6.060
And the computer reboots Tails 33.957
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.334
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.361
Given I enable persistence 13.297
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.071
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.333
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.667
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:9.130
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 8.646
# 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 28.912
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.384
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.403
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029
Tags: @product
38.608
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 8.441
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.226
Then persistence is disabled 0.094
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.793
And all notifications have disappeared 8.139
When I delete the persistent partition 2.644
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.268
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:23.189
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 8.194
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.064
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.513
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.211
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.067
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59.251
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 8.809
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.073
When I try to enable persistence 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.957
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.379
And all notifications have disappeared 8.121
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.282
And all tps features are enabled 8.906
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:3.219
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 2:12.559
And I enable persistence 30.560
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.159
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.566
And persistence is enabled 11.373
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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33.490
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.952
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 25.017
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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43.111
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 8.845
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.624
When I enable persistence 15.906
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.181
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.486
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.309
When I try to enable persistence 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.428
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.133
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.359
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.315
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.174
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.680
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.112
When I try to enable persistence 1.253
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.311
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.091
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I log in to a new session 8.578
And all notifications have disappeared 8.735
# 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" 0.162
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.093
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.187
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.097
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.666
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 8.083
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.021
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.335
When I try to enable persistence 1.170
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.511
When I log in to a new session 8.509
And all notifications have disappeared 6.837
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.206
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000