Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 2 19 Aug 2026, 03:13

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 22:29.495 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:42.239
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 1:28.898
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.498
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.201
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.885
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.317
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.643
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.178
And persistence is disabled 0.093
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:31.104
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 8.506
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.336
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.110
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.408
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.258
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.260
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.135
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041
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28.413
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 8.042
And the system is very low on memory 4.315
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.219
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.083
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.082
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.368
And I free up some memory 0.483
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.779
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.858
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 8.136
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.243
And all tps features are active 7.985
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.632
When I disable the first tps feature 2.393
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.225
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.222
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.906
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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12.985
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 7.636
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.115
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.088
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I disable the first tps feature 2.520
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.034
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 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.027
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 7.636
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.044
And I disable the first tps feature 2.418
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.815
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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52.523
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 20.762
And the network is plugged 0.043
And Tor is ready 8.449
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.164
When I write some files expected to persist 0.871
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.252
# 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" 10.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.335
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 7.659
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 8.315
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.116
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.252
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.934
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 10.436
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.371
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.093
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
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36.953
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.246
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.080
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.155
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:44.827
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 8.521
When I enable persistence 20.873
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.371
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.481
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.271
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.300
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.550
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.808
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.110
When I cold reboot the computer 5.723
And the computer reboots Tails 32.359
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.299
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.228
Given I enable persistence 12.522
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.056
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 6.092
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:9.868
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 7.877
# 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 27.382
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.270
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.182
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 26.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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37.098
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 7.898
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.454
Then persistence is disabled 0.071
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.814
And all notifications have disappeared 7.999
When I delete the persistent partition 2.632
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:14.558
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 7.833
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.046
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.292
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.199
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.004
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52.925
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 7.996
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.550
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.041
And all notifications have disappeared 8.075
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.202
And all tps features are enabled 7.043
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:39.394
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 1:58.756
And I enable persistence 25.432
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.568
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.532
And persistence is enabled 8.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.925
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 7.310
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.133
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.480
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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37.643
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 8.435
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.430
When I enable persistence 12.386
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.380
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 7.905
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.732
When I try to enable persistence 1.221
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.539
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.081
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.131
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.227
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.314
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 7.679
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.067
When I try to enable persistence 1.155
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.137
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.108
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.045
When I log in to a new session 7.348
And all notifications have disappeared 7.428
# 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" 0.128
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.077
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.220
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.128
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.231
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 7.617
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.724
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.311
When I try to enable persistence 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.813
When I log in to a new session 7.389
And all notifications have disappeared 6.188
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.203
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000