Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 109 28 Oct 2026, 19:44

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 25:56.299 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.374
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:23.568
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.755
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.271
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.762
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 8.933
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.296
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.269
And persistence is disabled 0.146
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.899
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 9.063
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.442
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.108
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.598
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 5.665
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.787
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.144
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026
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30.538
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 8.740
And the system is very low on memory 4.458
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.214
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.392
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.077
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.411
And I free up some memory 0.484
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.664
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:55.905
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 8.612
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.351
And all tps features are active 9.472
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.089
When I disable the first tps feature 2.532
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.112
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.760
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.821
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.938
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 8.587
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.048
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I disable the first tps feature 2.561
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.040
When I enable the first tps feature 2.417
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.864
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 8.257
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
And I disable the first tps feature 2.588
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.849
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.509
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 8.182
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 11.658
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.421
When I write some files expected to persist 1.269
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.568
# 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" 12.384
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:45.415
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 enabled and logged in 8.658
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 9.326
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.123
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.588
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.230
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 10.896
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.343
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.054
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.068
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55.167
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 22.534
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.087
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.754
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:58.385
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 8.938
When I enable persistence 24.771
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.949
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.224
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.404
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.385
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.584
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.852
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.154
When I cold reboot the computer 6.173
And the computer reboots Tails 34.626
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.369
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.273
Given I enable persistence 14.467
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.070
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.283
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.697
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:19.017
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 8.505
# 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 32.944
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.484
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.636
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.446
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.073
Tags: @product
41.010
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 8.915
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.373
Then persistence is disabled 0.104
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.827
And all notifications have disappeared 8.647
When I delete the persistent partition 2.836
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.305
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:24.228
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 8.260
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.051
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.345
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.304
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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1:5.778
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 8.800
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.205
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.590
And all notifications have disappeared 8.651
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.313
And all tps features are enabled 10.476
And all tps features but the first one are active 10.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 2.465
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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4:10.751
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 3:20.321
And I enable persistence 30.836
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.449
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.620
And persistence is enabled 11.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.255
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.758
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.770
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.823
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 8.874
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.860
When I enable persistence 13.400
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.284
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.728
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.583
When I try to enable persistence 1.317
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.882
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.112
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.797
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.284
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.946
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 8.260
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.134
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.276
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.254
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 9.079
And all notifications have disappeared 7.331
# 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" 0.152
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.077
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.218
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 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.443
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 8.304
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.590
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.291
When I try to enable persistence 1.136
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.737
When I log in to a new session 7.849
And all notifications have disappeared 7.025
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.519
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000