Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 122 04 Nov 2026, 21:04

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 22:48.750 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:56.976
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 1:16.404
And I update the APT lists using apt 36.363
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.498
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.405
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 8.400
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.677
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.201
And persistence is disabled 0.101
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:29.274
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 8.453
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.237
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.085
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.752
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.129
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.373
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.166
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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29.656
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 8.098
And the system is very low on memory 5.193
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.203
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" 0.106
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.388
And I free up some memory 0.453
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.782
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.365
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 8.164
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.258
And all tps features are active 7.738
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.672
When I disable the first tps feature 2.432
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.597
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.272
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.375
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
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12.856
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.963
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I disable the first tps feature 2.528
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.054
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.039
When I enable the first tps feature 1.988
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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12.440
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 7.503
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
And I disable the first tps feature 2.452
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.308
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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44.252
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 7.574
And the network is plugged 0.045
And Tor is ready 12.462
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.931
When I write some files expected to persist 0.872
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.132
# 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" 11.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.476
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.627
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 7.722
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 9.733
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.104
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.262
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.443
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 11.834
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.312
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.058
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041
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37.564
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 8.397
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.089
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.586
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.490
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:45.607
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 8.507
When I enable persistence 20.703
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.632
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.040
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.354
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.276
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.465
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.014
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.134
When I cold reboot the computer 5.699
And the computer reboots Tails 32.143
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.385
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.117
Given I enable persistence 12.418
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.066
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.289
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.266
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:4.732
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 8.213
# 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 28.960
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.277
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.593
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
37.718
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 8.224
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.757
Then persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.395
And all notifications have disappeared 8.435
When I delete the persistent partition 2.597
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:17.463
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 8.035
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.043
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.276
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.902
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
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57.257
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 8.406
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.044
When I try to enable persistence 1.135
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.400
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.863
And all notifications have disappeared 8.172
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.229
And all tps features are enabled 7.195
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:37.416
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 1:56.225
And I enable persistence 25.785
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.176
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.464
And persistence is enabled 7.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.271
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
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 7.504
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.312
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.455
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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39.614
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 8.469
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.782
When I enable persistence 12.538
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.038
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.999
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.228
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.250
When I try to enable persistence 1.315
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.181
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.307
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.076
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.288
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.343
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 7.870
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.130
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.755
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.110
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 7.530
And all notifications have disappeared 7.661
# 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" 0.137
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.075
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.170
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 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.903
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 7.951
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.130
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.301
When I try to enable persistence 1.254
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 1.833
When I log in to a new session 6.815
And all notifications have disappeared 7.818
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.992
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000