Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 102 26 Oct 2026, 21:50

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 22:51.091 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.687
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 1:17.292
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.344
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.306
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.925
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 8.772
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.038
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.212
And persistence is disabled 0.068
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.500
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 8.754
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.259
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.129
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.074
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.421
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.561
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.154
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035
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28.737
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.091
And the system is very low on memory 3.797
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.266
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.094
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.107
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.432
And I free up some memory 0.572
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.335
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:46.235
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 8.461
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.294
And all tps features are active 8.634
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.512
When I disable the first tps feature 2.619
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.123
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.599
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.938
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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13.273
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 7.972
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I disable the first tps feature 2.498
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.057
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.039
When I enable the first tps feature 2.447
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.045
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.420
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 7.899
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I disable the first tps feature 2.489
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.862
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.105
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 7.579
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 12.792
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.802
When I write some files expected to persist 1.181
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.330
# 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" 11.392
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.228
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 7.809
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 10.250
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.114
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.221
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.818
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 10.455
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.340
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.053
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044
Tags: @product
37.466
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 8.716
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.076
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.902
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 13.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:52.507
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.484
When I enable persistence 21.669
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.736
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.241
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.250
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.148
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.623
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.909
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.118
When I cold reboot the computer 7.246
And the computer reboots Tails 32.987
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.405
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.331
Given I enable persistence 13.209
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.103
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.320
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.609
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
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2:9.044
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 8.061
# 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 27.897
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.289
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.681
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product
38.302
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.024
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.556
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.137
Then persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.246
And all notifications have disappeared 8.438
When I delete the persistent partition 2.543
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:17.292
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 8.292
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.050
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.377
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.387
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.185
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034
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56.452
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 8.911
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.045
When I try to enable persistence 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.938
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.709
And all notifications have disappeared 8.269
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.238
And all tps features are enabled 8.472
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:38.646
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 1:55.947
And I enable persistence 26.534
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.779
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.454
And persistence is enabled 7.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.536
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 7.371
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.610
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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39.990
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 8.636
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.426
When I enable persistence 13.350
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.814
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 8.732
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.186
When I try to enable persistence 1.297
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.626
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.119
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.186
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.247
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.372
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.226
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 8.123
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.248
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.262
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.241
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 9.031
And all notifications have disappeared 7.791
# 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" 0.115
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.087
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.158
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.213
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.698
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 8.355
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.568
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.304
When I try to enable persistence 1.216
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.591
When I log in to a new session 8.608
And all notifications have disappeared 7.258
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.040
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000