Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 103 27 Oct 2026, 03:23

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 22:39.674 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:0.575
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 1:17.273
And I update the APT lists using apt 36.014
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.570
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.727
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 8.583
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.141
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.193
And persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:34.198
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 8.815
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.275
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.096
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.955
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.363
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.419
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.157
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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29.248
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 7.938
And the system is very low on memory 4.377
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.232
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.422
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.146
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.373
And I free up some memory 0.456
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.253
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:46.783
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 8.350
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.289
And all tps features are active 7.828
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.904
When I disable the first tps feature 2.485
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.051
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 1:4.700
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
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13.044
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 7.795
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 2.448
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.040
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.035
When I enable the first tps feature 2.469
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.044
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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12.896
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 7.425
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.081
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.046
And I disable the first tps feature 2.491
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.811
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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42.878
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 7.667
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 11.600
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.440
When I write some files expected to persist 0.995
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.139
# 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" 10.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.417
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.812
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 7.605
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 9.985
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.106
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.443
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.777
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 10.311
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.338
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.050
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052
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36.272
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 8.497
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.109
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 10.176
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:42.681
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 8.305
When I enable persistence 20.003
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.247
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.947
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.236
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.157
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.523
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.904
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.134
When I cold reboot the computer 5.792
And the computer reboots Tails 31.556
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.225
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.273
Given I enable persistence 11.795
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.056
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.161
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.223
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:3.629
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 8.124
# 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 30.283
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.149
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 59.982
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026
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37.243
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 8.285
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.304
Then persistence is disabled 0.105
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.758
And all notifications have disappeared 7.912
When I delete the persistent partition 2.617
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:14.439
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 7.811
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.068
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.153
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.145
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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54.039
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 8.344
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.044
When I try to enable persistence 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.277
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.778
And all notifications have disappeared 8.246
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.222
And all tps features are enabled 7.711
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:37.343
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 1:57.673
And I enable persistence 24.506
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.959
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.518
And persistence is enabled 7.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.715
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 7.308
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.966
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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38.017
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 8.293
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.299
When I enable persistence 12.053
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.040
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.330
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.532
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 8.092
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.033
When I try to enable persistence 1.209
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.610
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.253
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.135
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.126
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.224
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 7.869
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.171
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.878
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.239
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 7.493
And all notifications have disappeared 8.270
# 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" 0.107
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.077
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.151
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.047
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.370
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 8.014
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.174
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.273
When I try to enable persistence 1.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.764
When I log in to a new session 7.507
And all notifications have disappeared 6.518
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.042
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000