Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 121 04 Nov 2026, 03:29

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 23:46.522 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:58.024
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 1:16.505
And I update the APT lists using apt 37.141
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.513
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.910
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 8.753
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.957
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.245
And persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.218
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 8.888
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.344
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.082
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.398
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.172
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.065
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.170
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050
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29.845
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 8.278
And the system is very low on memory 4.165
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.157
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.364
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.099
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.364
And I free up some memory 0.438
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.936
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:48.395
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 8.010
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.278
And all tps features are active 10.011
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.870
When I disable the first tps feature 2.432
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.904
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.284
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.479
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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12.937
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 7.721
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.040
When I disable the first tps feature 2.478
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.057
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.033
When I enable the first tps feature 2.386
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.045
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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12.999
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 7.558
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
And I disable the first tps feature 2.425
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.858
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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45.166
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 7.787
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 13.035
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.412
When I write some files expected to persist 1.007
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.293
# 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" 11.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.744
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 7.614
And the network is plugged 0.101
And Tor is ready 10.512
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 5.174
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.954
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 10.690
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.398
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.063
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053
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40.100
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.413
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.076
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.649
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:48.403
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 8.462
When I enable persistence 22.229
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.509
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.137
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.384
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.156
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.432
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.031
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.141
When I cold reboot the computer 5.878
And the computer reboots Tails 33.064
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.182
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.107
Given I enable persistence 12.495
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.060
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.284
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.714
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036
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2:16.644
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 8.361
# 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 31.553
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.441
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.349
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 26.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
37.739
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 8.396
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.942
Then persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.677
And all notifications have disappeared 7.740
When I delete the persistent partition 2.618
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:17.220
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 7.915
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.057
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.290
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.776
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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54.872
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 8.143
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.192
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.961
And all notifications have disappeared 8.216
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.225
And all tps features are enabled 7.967
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:7.082
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 2:17.304
And I enable persistence 29.909
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.766
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.535
And persistence is enabled 11.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.448
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 7.659
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.292
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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39.678
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 8.331
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.558
When I enable persistence 12.692
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.037
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.784
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 7.911
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.900
When I try to enable persistence 1.313
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.516
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.139
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.421
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.233
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.561
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 7.936
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.709
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.037
When I log in to a new session 8.209
And all notifications have disappeared 7.844
# 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" 0.164
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.109
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.159
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.088
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.744
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 8.191
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.421
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.296
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.498
When I log in to a new session 8.389
And all notifications have disappeared 7.894
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.033
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000