Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 133 09 Nov 2026, 20:44

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 22:37.625 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:9.572
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:29.137
And I update the APT lists using apt 36.034
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.617
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.138
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 8.108
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.108
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.197
And persistence is disabled 0.069
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:27.509
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 8.547
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.304
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 14.921
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.039
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.191
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.253
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.140
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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27.180
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 7.934
And the system is very low on memory 3.675
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.274
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.172
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.115
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.323
And I free up some memory 0.405
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.229
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.342
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 8.218
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.284
And all tps features are active 7.746
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.504
When I disable the first tps feature 2.417
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.907
And 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 1:2.675
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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13.016
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 7.745
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.069
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.093
When I disable the first tps feature 2.461
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.026
When I enable the first tps feature 2.408
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.067
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 7.494
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.046
And I disable the first tps feature 2.534
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.878
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.269
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 7.589
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 11.204
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.633
When I write some files expected to persist 0.876
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.521
# 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" 11.417
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.006
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 7.441
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 10.042
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.110
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.129
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.584
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 12.116
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.348
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.073
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062
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35.992
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 8.504
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.067
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.693
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.344
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 8.227
When I enable persistence 21.313
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.323
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.672
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.251
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.235
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.532
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.120
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.117
When I cold reboot the computer 5.689
And the computer reboots Tails 33.346
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.334
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.224
Given I enable persistence 11.956
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.077
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.135
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.675
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
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2:4.525
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 7.895
# 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 31.068
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.847
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.247
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
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36.018
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 7.730
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.945
Then persistence is disabled 0.084
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.412
And all notifications have disappeared 8.047
When I delete the persistent partition 2.570
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:15.126
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 7.816
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.051
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.393
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.686
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.494
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.004
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53.503
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 7.781
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.036
When I try to enable persistence 1.139
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.886
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.244
And all notifications have disappeared 8.346
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.208
And all tps features are enabled 7.462
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.397
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:36.379
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 1:56.648
And I enable persistence 24.357
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.331
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.481
And persistence is enabled 7.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.057
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.303
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.255
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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37.241
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 7.815
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.157
When I enable persistence 12.360
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.025
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.903
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 7.712
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.955
When I try to enable persistence 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.336
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.261
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.286
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.040
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.204
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.685
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 7.760
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.142
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.123
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.096
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.030
When I log in to a new session 8.026
And all notifications have disappeared 7.293
# 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" 0.152
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.074
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.142
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.045
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.742
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 7.838
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.607
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.269
When I try to enable persistence 1.120
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.093
When I log in to a new session 7.264
And all notifications have disappeared 7.728
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.987
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000