Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 113 31 Oct 2026, 03:37

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 22:39.649 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:2.256
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 1:19.556
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.437
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.541
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.396
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
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.484
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.174
And persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.378
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:31.094
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 8.418
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.250
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.277
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.205
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.645
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.147
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049
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27.431
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 7.735
And the system is very low on memory 3.870
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.234
When I try to create a persistent partition 3.973
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.084
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.435
And I free up some memory 0.404
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.659
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.681
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 enabled and logged in 8.228
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.285
And all tps features are active 7.557
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.694
When I disable the first tps feature 2.489
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.128
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.375
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.536
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.384
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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13.007
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 7.676
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.086
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.048
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I disable the first tps feature 2.441
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.107
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.044
When I enable the first tps feature 2.466
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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12.362
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 7.491
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
And I disable the first tps feature 2.448
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.263
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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42.812
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 7.621
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 11.469
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.351
When I write some files expected to persist 0.924
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.496
# 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" 10.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.227
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 7.935
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 7.970
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.133
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.146
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.072
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 10.399
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.363
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.050
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.075
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37.396
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.351
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.102
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.280
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:44.669
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 8.289
When I enable persistence 21.310
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.995
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.866
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.202
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.127
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.473
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.573
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.185
When I cold reboot the computer 5.826
And the computer reboots Tails 32.064
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.297
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.234
Given I enable persistence 12.491
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.050
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.133
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.402
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:2.134
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 8.485
# 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 26.750
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.125
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.596
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
35.691
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 7.910
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.011
Then persistence is disabled 0.058
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.383
And all notifications have disappeared 7.436
When I delete the persistent partition 2.616
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:13.817
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 7.849
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.055
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.227
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.515
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
Tags: @product
54.127
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 7.850
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.038
When I try to enable persistence 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.423
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.610
And all notifications have disappeared 8.222
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.223
And all tps features are enabled 6.834
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:38.724
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 1:56.978
And I enable persistence 26.326
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.057
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.573
And persistence is enabled 7.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.741
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 20.343
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.934
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.464
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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37.324
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 8.429
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.152
When I enable persistence 11.991
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.041
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.582
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 8.130
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.623
When I try to enable persistence 1.252
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.158
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.099
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.130
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.040
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.255
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.230
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 7.899
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.077
When I try to enable persistence 1.155
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.905
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 8.250
And all notifications have disappeared 7.543
# 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" 0.100
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.075
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.165
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 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.936
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 7.762
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.663
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.225
When I try to enable persistence 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 1.900
When I log in to a new session 7.420
And all notifications have disappeared 8.094
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.008
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000