Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 127 05 Nov 2026, 14:38

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 24:48.579 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:59.557
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 1:19.089
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.670
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.579
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.817
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 8.707
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.692
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.200
And persistence is disabled 0.096
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:34.463
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 8.783
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.268
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.089
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.095
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.337
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.601
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.163
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
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29.111
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 8.036
And the system is very low on memory 4.734
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.177
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.297
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.102
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.375
And I free up some memory 0.464
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.852
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:48.745
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 8.380
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.275
And all tps features are active 8.302
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.754
When I disable the first tps feature 3.097
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.307
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.434
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.555
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026
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13.312
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 7.817
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 2.591
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.062
When I enable the first tps feature 2.503
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.044
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 7.578
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
And I disable the first tps feature 2.475
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.807
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.588
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 8.014
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 13.574
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.051
When I write some files expected to persist 0.986
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.248
# 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" 11.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.190
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 7.814
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 9.931
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.156
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.531
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.195
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 10.844
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.427
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.095
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.079
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39.392
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 8.599
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.058
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.189
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.620
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 8.650
When I enable persistence 22.102
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.869
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.079
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.239
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.193
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.537
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.836
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.114
When I cold reboot the computer 5.790
And the computer reboots Tails 34.154
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.303
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.242
Given I enable persistence 13.738
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.076
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 6.271
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
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2:20.764
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 8.261
# 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 37.000
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.708
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.343
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
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40.208
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 8.918
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.261
Then persistence is disabled 0.105
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.408
And all notifications have disappeared 8.596
When I delete the persistent partition 2.673
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:21.425
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 8.768
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.056
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.357
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.034
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
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55.470
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 8.600
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.044
When I try to enable persistence 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.437
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.905
And all notifications have disappeared 7.186
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.337
And all tps features are enabled 8.235
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:45.017
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 2:58.635
And I enable persistence 28.848
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.358
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.506
And persistence is enabled 9.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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32.245
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 7.780
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.961
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.503
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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40.039
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 8.986
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.415
When I enable persistence 13.671
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.038
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.237
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 8.222
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.420
When I try to enable persistence 1.275
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.955
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.260
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.370
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.248
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.418
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.835
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 7.883
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.809
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.265
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.038
When I log in to a new session 8.689
And all notifications have disappeared 7.371
# 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" 0.209
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.078
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.199
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.120
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.490
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 7.828
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.826
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.294
When I try to enable persistence 1.187
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.153
When I log in to a new session 8.191
And all notifications have disappeared 7.019
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.186
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000