Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 107 28 Oct 2026, 19:20

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 24:27.639 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.154
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.194
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.982
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.276
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.237
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 8.786
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.225
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.240
And persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:46.654
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 10.619
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.281
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.095
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.325
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.078
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.646
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.337
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.184
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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33.371
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 8.285
And the system is very low on memory 4.414
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.290
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.570
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.175
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.434
And I free up some memory 0.525
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.588
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:58.680
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.026
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.087
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.298
And all tps features are active 8.874
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.828
When I disable the first tps feature 2.614
Then all tps features but the first one are active 10.438
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.554
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.232
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034
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14.005
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 8.529
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.084
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.093
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.068
When I disable the first tps feature 2.465
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.083
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.039
When I enable the first tps feature 2.544
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.043
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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14.746
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 8.697
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
And I disable the first tps feature 3.032
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.854
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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48.677
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 7.986
And the network is plugged 0.635
And Tor is ready 12.034
And I take note of which tps features are available 8.390
When I write some files expected to persist 1.503
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.705
# 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" 12.421
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.701
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 8.049
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 9.417
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.208
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.570
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.709
And I capture all network traffic 0.016
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 11.029
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.377
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.097
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049
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41.532
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.892
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.075
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.556
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:1.702
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 8.982
When I enable persistence 26.033
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.027
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.035
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.251
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.220
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.522
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.215
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.166
When I cold reboot the computer 5.932
And the computer reboots Tails 36.960
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.369
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.255
Given I enable persistence 14.672
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.078
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.253
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.576
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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2:11.196
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 8.515
# 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 27.364
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.374
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:9.638
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
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41.606
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.375
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.541
Then persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.723
And all notifications have disappeared 9.230
When I delete the persistent partition 3.367
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:24.148
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 8.678
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.049
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.388
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.799
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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58.915
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.013
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.514
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.359
And all notifications have disappeared 7.328
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.233
And all tps features are enabled 9.248
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:49.879
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 2:2.932
And I enable persistence 29.933
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.954
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.476
And persistence is enabled 8.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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33.643
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 7.835
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 25.253
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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43.295
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.718
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.615
When I enable persistence 16.272
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.038
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.395
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 8.517
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.174
When I try to enable persistence 1.313
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.072
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.282
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.134
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.286
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 7.970
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.149
When I try to enable persistence 1.342
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.037
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.250
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.035
When I log in to a new session 11.141
And all notifications have disappeared 7.845
# 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" 0.206
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.088
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.222
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.167
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.808
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 8.590
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.151
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.327
When I try to enable persistence 1.251
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.240
When I log in to a new session 9.139
And all notifications have disappeared 7.016
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.106
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000