Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 18 29 Aug 2026, 03:16

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 22:44.797 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.977
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 1:17.339
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.796
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.219
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.688
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 8.356
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.847
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.237
And persistence is disabled 0.068
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:31.349
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 8.437
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.277
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.090
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.329
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.300
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.619
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.152
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
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29.231
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 8.111
And the system is very low on memory 4.405
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.138
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.195
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.093
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.398
And I free up some memory 0.590
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.244
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.099
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 7.933
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.279
And all tps features are active 8.032
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.626
When I disable the first tps feature 2.458
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.748
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.275
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.467
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.513
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.079
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13.103
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 7.936
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I disable the first tps feature 2.441
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.044
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.043
When I enable the first tps feature 2.388
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.044
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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12.912
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 7.580
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 2.436
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.751
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.779
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 7.575
And the network is plugged 0.056
And Tor is ready 8.344
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.592
When I write some files expected to persist 0.994
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.221
# 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" 10.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.142
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 7.375
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 8.154
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 5.215
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.381
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 12.315
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.328
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.083
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045
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37.779
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 8.568
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.077
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.495
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.547
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 8.402
When I enable persistence 21.595
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.169
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.339
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.351
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.278
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.589
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.863
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.124
When I cold reboot the computer 5.802
And the computer reboots Tails 32.887
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.193
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.133
Given I enable persistence 11.824
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.078
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.129
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.690
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:2.259
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 8.031
# 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 27.588
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.297
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.682
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product
37.272
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 8.218
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.586
Then persistence is disabled 0.082
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.529
And all notifications have disappeared 7.959
When I delete the persistent partition 2.665
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:14.983
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 8.297
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.084
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.267
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.139
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
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54.815
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 8.231
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.044
When I try to enable persistence 1.147
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.390
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.478
And all notifications have disappeared 7.630
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.220
And all tps features are enabled 7.689
And all tps features but the first one are active 6.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:5.660
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 2:19.561
And I enable persistence 28.817
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.585
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.491
And persistence is enabled 10.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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32.166
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 7.428
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.275
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.462
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.823
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 8.706
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.618
When I enable persistence 14.419
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.696
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 8.150
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.006
When I try to enable persistence 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.757
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.127
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.090
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.601
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 7.729
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.075
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.475
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.030
When I log in to a new session 8.331
And all notifications have disappeared 7.473
# 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 0.099
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.149
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.098
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
36.907
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 7.998
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.296
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.256
When I try to enable persistence 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 1.749
When I log in to a new session 7.483
And all notifications have disappeared 6.231
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.059
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000