Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 124 05 Nov 2026, 03:27

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 24:9.034 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:58.629
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.020
And I update the APT lists using apt 36.113
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.582
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.897
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 8.729
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.141
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.210
And persistence is disabled 0.077
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.692
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 8.561
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.386
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.104
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.774
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.214
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.425
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.136
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.503
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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29.029
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 8.090
And the system is very low on memory 3.804
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.243
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.550
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.144
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.484
And I free up some memory 0.422
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.245
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:47.137
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 9.027
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.304
And all tps features are active 7.722
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.654
When I disable the first tps feature 2.466
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.268
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.810
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.342
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054
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13.137
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 7.704
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
When I disable the first tps feature 2.556
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.031
When I enable the first tps feature 2.485
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.801
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 8.128
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.100
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.080
And I disable the first tps feature 2.579
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.867
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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44.697
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 7.815
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 12.910
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.609
When I write some files expected to persist 0.937
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.302
# 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" 11.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:32.271
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 7.776
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 9.212
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.108
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.149
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.014
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 10.414
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.351
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.070
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.139
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36.567
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 8.159
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.065
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 10.767
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:44.789
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 8.375
When I enable persistence 19.824
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.157
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.383
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.370
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.298
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.449
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.292
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.112
When I cold reboot the computer 5.734
And the computer reboots Tails 33.411
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.204
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.231
Given I enable persistence 13.158
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.056
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.130
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.502
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:3.379
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 7.913
# 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 29.247
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.310
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.672
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.073
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35.699
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 8.079
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.001
Then persistence is disabled 0.107
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.632
And all notifications have disappeared 7.187
When I delete the persistent partition 2.656
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:17.022
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 7.959
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.062
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.189
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.625
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
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53.053
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 8.087
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.067
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.801
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.123
And all notifications have disappeared 8.016
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.208
And all tps features are enabled 7.057
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:56.590
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 3:12.284
And I enable persistence 28.325
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.560
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.488
And persistence is enabled 8.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.664
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.485
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.724
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.454
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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40.990
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 8.346
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.854
When I enable persistence 14.448
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.036
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.437
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 8.107
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.764
When I try to enable persistence 1.256
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.377
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.169
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.217
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.512
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 8.071
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.167
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.174
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.133
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I log in to a new session 7.892
And all notifications have disappeared 7.574
# 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" 0.156
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.078
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.158
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.070
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.034
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 8.233
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.250
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.334
When I try to enable persistence 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.194
When I log in to a new session 6.974
And all notifications have disappeared 7.942
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.025
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000