Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 21 31 Aug 2026, 16:31

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 27:3.037 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.452
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.554
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.607
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.309
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.140
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 9.090
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.909
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.236
And persistence is disabled 0.109
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.783
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 9.505
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.285
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.099
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.480
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.074
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.321
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.782
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.172
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
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31.289
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.311
And the system is very low on memory 4.685
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.234
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.016
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.108
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.582
And I free up some memory 0.571
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.734
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:11.143
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 22.010
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.256
And all tps features are active 8.903
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.260
When I disable the first tps feature 2.576
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.900
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.130
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.956
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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14.123
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 8.479
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.091
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.065
When I disable the first tps feature 2.656
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.042
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.041
When I enable the first tps feature 2.569
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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14.091
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 8.480
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I disable the first tps feature 2.546
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.878
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.929
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 enabled and logged in 8.584
And the network is plugged 0.049
And Tor is ready 11.534
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.050
When I write some files expected to persist 1.107
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.440
# 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" 12.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.374
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.022
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.183
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 10.429
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.127
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.502
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.245
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 10.954
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.344
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.058
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.098
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42.404
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 8.782
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.186
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.300
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:1.696
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 8.503
When I enable persistence 23.158
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.865
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.332
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.409
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.341
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.662
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.650
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.179
When I cold reboot the computer 6.331
And the computer reboots Tails 37.160
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.241
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.228
Given I enable persistence 15.154
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.064
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.183
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.030
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:13.675
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 8.779
# 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 29.057
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.516
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:9.633
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
42.584
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 8.878
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.427
Then persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.864
And all notifications have disappeared 9.242
When I delete the persistent partition 2.739
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.349
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:22.179
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.177
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.080
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.738
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.987
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
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1:7.706
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 9.236
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.172
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.209
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.681
And all notifications have disappeared 8.309
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.280
And all tps features are enabled 10.318
And all tps features but the first one are active 12.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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4:50.112
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 4:0.536
And I enable persistence 30.775
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.888
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.534
And persistence is enabled 10.378
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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34.143
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
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 7.759
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 25.873
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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46.346
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 8.797
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.817
When I enable persistence 16.507
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.036
And persistence is successfully enabled 10.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.812
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 22.146
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.803
When I try to enable persistence 1.238
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.773
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.231
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.227
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.211
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.344
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.443
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 8.693
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.197
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.136
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.030
When I log in to a new session 8.573
And all notifications have disappeared 6.649
# 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" 0.259
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.102
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.223
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.336
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.957
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 8.579
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.263
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.404
When I try to enable persistence 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.531
When I log in to a new session 7.900
And all notifications have disappeared 7.981
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.295
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000