Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 115 02 Nov 2026, 03:38

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 24:1.915 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:3.019
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 1:19.540
And I update the APT lists using apt 36.159
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.637
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.375
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 8.376
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.886
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.214
And persistence is disabled 0.078
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.285
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 22.744
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.280
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.086
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.326
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.264
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.344
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.155
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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29.462
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 8.003
And the system is very low on memory 4.122
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.275
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.446
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.157
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.444
And I free up some memory 0.610
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.347
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:49.634
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 8.168
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.280
And all tps features are active 7.774
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.684
When I disable the first tps feature 2.456
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.109
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.358
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.323
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.480
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.154
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 7.840
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.086
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I disable the first tps feature 2.469
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.039
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.056
When I enable the first tps feature 2.443
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.462
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 7.901
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.095
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.082
And I disable the first tps feature 2.518
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.830
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.939
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 7.454
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 13.313
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.741
When I write some files expected to persist 1.145
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.476
# 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" 11.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.657
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 7.638
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 10.303
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.099
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.329
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.426
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 12.236
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.392
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.061
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.064
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38.660
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 9.072
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.090
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.523
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:53.870
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 8.742
When I enable persistence 22.167
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.897
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.923
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.466
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.360
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.529
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.634
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.124
When I cold reboot the computer 5.784
And the computer reboots Tails 33.871
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.248
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.112
Given I enable persistence 15.139
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.055
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.277
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.416
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
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2:7.344
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 8.195
# 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 27.898
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.230
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.025
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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39.457
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 8.669
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.764
Then persistence is disabled 0.122
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.082
And all notifications have disappeared 7.798
When I delete the persistent partition 2.779
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.186
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 8.468
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.043
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.313
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.133
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.056
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1:11.069
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 22.009
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.232
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.749
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.941
And all notifications have disappeared 8.239
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.255
And all tps features are enabled 7.640
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:42.660
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 1:58.873
And I enable persistence 26.668
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.217
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.531
And persistence is enabled 8.369
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.502
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 7.479
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.463
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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41.486
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 8.835
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.296
When I enable persistence 13.879
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.094
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.563
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 8.238
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.534
When I try to enable persistence 1.222
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.604
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.243
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.141
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.205
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.215
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.226
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.070
When I try to enable persistence 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.664
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.126
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 8.244
And all notifications have disappeared 8.188
# 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" 0.123
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.095
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.182
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.002
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.904
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 8.412
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.128
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.480
When I try to enable persistence 1.235
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.650
When I log in to a new session 7.819
And all notifications have disappeared 6.626
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.709
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000