Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 108 28 Oct 2026, 19:37

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 24:25.579 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:49.084
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 1:34.609
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.216
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.279
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.791
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 8.913
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.371
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.283
And persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.913
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 9.348
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.250
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.091
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.608
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.040
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.549
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.759
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.213
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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32.398
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 8.896
And the system is very low on memory 4.559
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.273
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.585
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.116
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.323
And I free up some memory 0.601
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.982
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:56.991
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 8.383
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.390
And all tps features are active 9.053
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.860
When I disable the first tps feature 2.445
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.693
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.183
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.661
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 8.121
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I disable the first tps feature 2.522
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.082
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.054
When I enable the first tps feature 2.583
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.915
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 enabled and logged in 8.222
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.075
And I disable the first tps feature 2.561
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.948
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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48.410
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 8.363
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 12.003
And I take note of which tps features are available 9.327
When I write some files expected to persist 1.084
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.338
# 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" 12.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.925
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 7.937
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 9.507
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.168
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.379
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.848
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 11.486
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.362
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.064
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.070
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40.685
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 8.706
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.130
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.700
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:58.601
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 8.863
When I enable persistence 25.228
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.828
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.393
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.267
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.466
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.514
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.443
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.124
When I cold reboot the computer 6.097
And the computer reboots Tails 35.369
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.324
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.143
Given I enable persistence 13.653
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.083
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.171
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.496
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:11.251
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 8.387
# 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 30.957
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.350
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.035
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
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40.263
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 9.084
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.080
Then persistence is disabled 0.110
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.189
And all notifications have disappeared 8.748
When I delete the persistent partition 2.770
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.279
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:25.135
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 enabled and logged in 8.679
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.047
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.311
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.883
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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59.399
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 8.271
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.095
When I try to enable persistence 1.254
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.373
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.997
And all notifications have disappeared 8.226
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.233
And all tps features are enabled 8.625
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.098
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 1:59.789
And I enable persistence 27.650
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.863
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.620
And persistence is enabled 9.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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32.679
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 8.539
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.581
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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42.503
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 8.876
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.475
When I enable persistence 13.640
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.092
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 8.694
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.067
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.168
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.111
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.291
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.310
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 8.362
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.361
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.094
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 9.001
And all notifications have disappeared 8.421
# 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" 0.183
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.157
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.219
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.313
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.465
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 8.581
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.579
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.339
When I try to enable persistence 1.183
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.192
When I log in to a new session 9.706
And all notifications have disappeared 7.572
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.190
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000