Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 15 27 Aug 2026, 20:10

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 23:24.577 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.923
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:16.842
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.159
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.198
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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41.644
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 21.467
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.795
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.181
And persistence is disabled 0.066
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.218
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 8.845
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.257
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.078
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.428
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.605
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.750
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.139
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
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30.137
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 8.050
And the system is very low on memory 4.260
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.345
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.743
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.135
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.344
And I free up some memory 0.418
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.790
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:49.672
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 8.404
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.244
And all tps features are active 8.086
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.066
When I disable the first tps feature 2.489
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.192
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.566
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.819
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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13.604
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 8.159
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I disable the first tps feature 2.558
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.055
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.048
When I enable the first tps feature 2.497
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.795
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 8.007
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
And I disable the first tps feature 2.523
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.026
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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46.208
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 8.141
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 10.351
And I take note of which tps features are available 8.179
When I write some files expected to persist 1.034
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.553
# 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" 11.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.014
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 8.217
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 8.935
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.126
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.348
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.770
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.354
And Tor is ready 10.654
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.382
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.077
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.065
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39.208
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.330
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.094
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.350
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.433
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:52.159
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 8.406
When I enable persistence 22.431
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.493
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.462
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.390
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.137
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.535
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.632
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.149
When I cold reboot the computer 5.988
And the computer reboots Tails 34.002
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.181
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.243
Given I enable persistence 13.595
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.056
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.146
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.140
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:13.846
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 8.633
# 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 29.241
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.284
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.018
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 26.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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38.224
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 8.290
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.518
Then persistence is disabled 0.079
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.507
And all notifications have disappeared 7.965
When I delete the persistent partition 2.636
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.602
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 8.142
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.061
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.435
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.774
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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55.332
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 8.285
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.251
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.303
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.425
And all notifications have disappeared 7.918
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.374
And all tps features are enabled 7.661
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:43.286
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 2:1.237
And I enable persistence 26.015
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.701
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.454
And persistence is enabled 7.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.960
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
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 7.938
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.488
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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40.361
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 8.523
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.979
When I enable persistence 12.883
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.198
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 8.133
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.031
When I try to enable persistence 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.499
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.127
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.118
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.770
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 7.981
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.148
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.317
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.123
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I log in to a new session 8.181
And all notifications have disappeared 8.333
# 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" 0.215
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.161
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.210
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.182
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.407
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 8.215
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.361
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.309
When I try to enable persistence 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.568
When I log in to a new session 7.412
And all notifications have disappeared 7.435
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.136
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000