Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 116 02 Nov 2026, 15:40

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 22:35.014 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:53.756
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 1:14.340
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.052
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.556
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.125
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 8.087
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.177
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.198
And persistence is disabled 0.074
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.841
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 21.791
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.336
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.133
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.714
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.984
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.615
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.175
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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29.001
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 8.092
And the system is very low on memory 4.964
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.109
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.167
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.079
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.425
And I free up some memory 0.429
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.697
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.331
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 8.088
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.274
And all tps features are active 7.596
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.559
When I disable the first tps feature 2.463
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.435
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.364
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.107
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.440
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047
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13.185
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 7.796
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I disable the first tps feature 2.561
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.021
When I enable the first tps feature 2.455
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.933
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 7.523
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.045
And I disable the first tps feature 2.462
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.808
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.382
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 7.596
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 11.962
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.415
When I write some files expected to persist 0.991
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.137
# 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" 11.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.353
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.637
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 7.548
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 8.253
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.107
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.203
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.362
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 11.593
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.352
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.055
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050
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36.502
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.425
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.063
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.428
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:43.959
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 8.453
When I enable persistence 20.818
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.764
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.813
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.194
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.135
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.513
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.257
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.118
When I cold reboot the computer 5.716
And the computer reboots Tails 31.710
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.184
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.199
Given I enable persistence 12.284
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.075
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.364
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.224
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:4.137
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 8.193
# 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 27.258
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.192
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.458
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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38.153
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 8.073
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.708
Then persistence is disabled 0.085
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.941
And all notifications have disappeared 8.478
When I delete the persistent partition 2.597
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:13.954
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 7.687
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.045
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.236
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.747
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033
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53.275
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 8.327
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.043
When I try to enable persistence 1.144
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.802
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.030
And all notifications have disappeared 8.063
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.234
And all tps features are enabled 7.139
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.489
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:34.001
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 1:53.289
And I enable persistence 25.342
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.204
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.484
And persistence is enabled 7.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.051
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 7.217
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.382
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.451
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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37.005
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 8.143
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.225
When I enable persistence 12.170
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.039
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.426
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.664
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 7.997
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.092
When I try to enable persistence 1.249
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.745
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.125
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.139
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.070
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.203
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.279
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 7.909
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.131
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.841
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.082
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 7.431
And all notifications have disappeared 7.385
# 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" 0.144
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.091
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.194
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.051
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.832
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 8.075
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.037
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.297
When I try to enable persistence 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.546
When I log in to a new session 7.741
And all notifications have disappeared 7.127
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.021
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000