Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 131 08 Nov 2026, 03:35

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 24:24.658 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:14.328
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 1:31.367
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.385
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.807
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.319
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 8.923
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.320
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.198
And persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.481
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 9.018
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.296
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.078
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.838
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.440
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.535
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.176
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
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30.066
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 8.886
And the system is very low on memory 4.344
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.211
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.680
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.090
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.429
And I free up some memory 0.452
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.924
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:53.400
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 8.838
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.264
And all tps features are active 8.449
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.999
When I disable the first tps feature 2.548
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.097
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.970
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.696
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041
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13.251
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 7.878
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.042
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I disable the first tps feature 2.591
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.057
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.060
When I enable the first tps feature 2.405
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.126
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 7.531
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.095
And I disable the first tps feature 2.460
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.935
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
57.969
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 20.637
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 11.600
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.090
When I write some files expected to persist 1.030
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.584
# 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" 11.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.300
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:50.707
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 20.606
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 9.283
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.130
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.207
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.636
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 12.222
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.362
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.075
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.068
Tags: @product
52.588
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 21.804
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.061
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.976
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.998
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.616
When I enable persistence 21.502
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.982
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.017
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.263
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.133
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.474
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.734
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.123
When I cold reboot the computer 6.139
And the computer reboots Tails 33.870
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.318
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.265
Given I enable persistence 14.133
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.081
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.278
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.935
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:12.104
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 8.670
# 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 30.436
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.335
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.330
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.331
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031
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37.285
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 8.140
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.911
Then persistence is disabled 0.082
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.138
And all notifications have disappeared 8.040
When I delete the persistent partition 2.708
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.263
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.021
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 7.794
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.041
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.521
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.466
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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57.663
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 8.460
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.042
When I try to enable persistence 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.386
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.736
And all notifications have disappeared 8.399
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.222
And all tps features are enabled 7.789
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.449
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:38.583
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 1:57.418
And I enable persistence 25.428
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.006
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.577
And persistence is enabled 8.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.578
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 7.424
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.603
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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40.055
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 8.996
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.398
When I enable persistence 13.616
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.764
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 8.838
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.092
When I try to enable persistence 1.208
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.597
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.187
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.068
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.108
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.502
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.982
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.377
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.100
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.040
When I log in to a new session 8.087
And all notifications have disappeared 7.400
# 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" 0.111
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.071
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.148
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.060
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.859
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 8.088
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.050
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.285
When I try to enable persistence 1.132
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.381
When I log in to a new session 7.885
And all notifications have disappeared 6.784
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.132
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000