Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 106 28 Oct 2026, 03:26

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 22:41.303 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:59.808
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 1:17.166
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.408
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.581
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.698
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 8.285
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.920
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.229
And persistence is disabled 0.069
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:31.530
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 8.730
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.263
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.090
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.328
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.295
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.551
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.168
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
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27.597
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 7.695
And the system is very low on memory 3.929
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.153
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.227
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.072
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.331
And I free up some memory 0.414
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.705
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.400
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 8.292
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.268
And all tps features are active 7.702
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.465
When I disable the first tps feature 2.495
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.956
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.477
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.115
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.025
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 7.848
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I disable the first tps feature 2.470
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.040
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.025
When I enable the first tps feature 2.373
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.045
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 7.676
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
And I disable the first tps feature 2.468
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.729
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.076
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 7.452
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 12.753
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.223
When I write some files expected to persist 1.025
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.466
# 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" 11.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.053
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 7.663
And the network is plugged 0.066
And Tor is ready 9.945
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.107
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.305
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.009
And I capture all network traffic 0.010
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 11.404
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.362
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.062
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054
Tags: @product
37.155
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 8.301
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.056
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 10.992
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:47.956
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 8.472
When I enable persistence 21.620
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.312
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.269
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.405
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.305
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.547
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.424
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.121
When I cold reboot the computer 5.947
And the computer reboots Tails 32.394
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.332
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.241
Given I enable persistence 12.016
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.058
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.130
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.248
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:5.816
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 8.208
# 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 28.747
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.266
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.104
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.489
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
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35.317
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 8.157
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.296
Then persistence is disabled 0.076
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.844
And all notifications have disappeared 7.330
When I delete the persistent partition 2.570
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:16.763
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 7.610
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.047
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.720
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.208
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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53.362
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 7.989
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.044
When I try to enable persistence 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.333
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.507
And all notifications have disappeared 7.872
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.266
And all tps features are enabled 7.195
And all tps features but the first one are active 6.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:35.519
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 1:55.703
And I enable persistence 24.962
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.021
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.502
And persistence is enabled 7.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.695
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 7.313
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.909
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.087
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 8.078
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.993
When I enable persistence 12.234
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.040
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.086
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 7.652
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.201
When I try to enable persistence 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.060
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.229
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.260
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.038
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.086
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.350
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.930
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 8.051
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.152
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.163
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.089
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 7.331
And all notifications have disappeared 6.689
# 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" 0.119
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.108
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.213
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.055
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.375
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 7.917
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.438
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.313
When I try to enable persistence 1.150
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.097
When I log in to a new session 7.417
And all notifications have disappeared 8.066
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.005
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000