Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 132 09 Nov 2026, 03:28

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 22:13.947 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.412
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 1:18.589
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.979
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.180
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.727
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 8.569
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.803
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.216
And persistence is disabled 0.073
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:30.520
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 8.470
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.248
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.349
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.038
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.262
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.893
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.146
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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28.616
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 8.051
And the system is very low on memory 3.878
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.233
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.319
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.107
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.404
And I free up some memory 0.514
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.066
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.286
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 8.239
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.251
And all tps features are active 7.488
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.576
When I disable the first tps feature 2.429
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.197
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.247
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.489
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.365
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
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12.984
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 7.748
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.046
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I disable the first tps feature 2.438
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.058
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.056
When I enable the first tps feature 2.422
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.040
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.059
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 7.518
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.039
And I disable the first tps feature 2.494
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.875
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.208
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 enabled and logged in 7.616
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 12.558
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.660
When I write some files expected to persist 0.865
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.102
# 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" 11.379
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.625
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 7.651
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 8.984
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.093
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.122
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.256
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 11.963
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.333
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.056
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.065
Tags: @product
37.778
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 8.302
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.059
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.858
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:43.916
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 8.600
When I enable persistence 21.167
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.557
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.697
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.354
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.142
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.510
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.717
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.118
When I cold reboot the computer 5.695
And the computer reboots Tails 31.638
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.263
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.216
Given I enable persistence 11.973
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.060
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.291
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.779
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:2.521
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 8.260
# 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 28.680
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.298
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 59.393
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
37.207
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 8.148
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.354
Then persistence is disabled 0.077
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.158
And all notifications have disappeared 8.581
When I delete the persistent partition 2.662
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:16.815
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 7.947
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.039
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.095
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.528
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051
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54.114
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 8.411
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.131
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.788
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.533
And all notifications have disappeared 8.347
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.215
And all tps features are enabled 7.381
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:38.074
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 1:57.765
And I enable persistence 25.250
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.365
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.496
And persistence is enabled 7.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.937
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.571
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.927
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.438
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.259
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 8.432
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.930
When I enable persistence 12.211
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.762
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 7.978
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.778
When I try to enable persistence 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.254
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.221
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.110
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.040
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.096
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.206
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 7.933
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.046
When I try to enable persistence 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.857
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.210
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.022
When I log in to a new session 8.565
And all notifications have disappeared 7.254
# 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" 0.174
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.091
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.157
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.990
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.911
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 8.229
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.638
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.236
When I try to enable persistence 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 1.831
When I log in to a new session 7.907
And all notifications have disappeared 6.882
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.071
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000