Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 22 01 Sep 2026, 03:15

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 22:39.196 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.011
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 1:19.338
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.456
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.541
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.532
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 8.501
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.781
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.173
And persistence is disabled 0.076
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:31.972
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 8.351
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.244
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.693
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.206
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.183
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.133
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
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29.288
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 8.021
And the system is very low on memory 4.788
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.192
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.393
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.090
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.517
And I free up some memory 0.516
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.720
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:51.205
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 8.276
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.278
And all tps features are active 9.175
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.395
When I disable the first tps feature 2.431
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.367
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.156
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.125
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.501
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 7.741
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
When I disable the first tps feature 2.437
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.063
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.034
When I enable the first tps feature 2.447
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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12.929
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 7.568
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
And I disable the first tps feature 2.443
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.728
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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40.885
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 7.719
And the network is plugged 0.055
And Tor is ready 8.258
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.737
When I write some files expected to persist 0.904
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.274
# 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" 10.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.822
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 7.530
And the network is plugged 0.053
And Tor is ready 10.227
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.105
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.347
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.647
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 12.350
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.364
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.060
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048
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38.527
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 8.342
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.086
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.444
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:45.504
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 8.286
When I enable persistence 21.912
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.696
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.053
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.230
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.141
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.470
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.582
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.171
When I cold reboot the computer 5.774
And the computer reboots Tails 32.544
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.303
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.230
Given I enable persistence 11.973
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.065
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.154
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.802
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:2.390
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 8.021
# 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 27.017
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.146
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.849
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.355
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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36.253
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 7.717
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.781
Then persistence is disabled 0.098
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.844
And all notifications have disappeared 7.907
When I delete the persistent partition 2.664
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.725
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 34.056
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.257
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.159
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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53.764
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 7.674
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.039
When I try to enable persistence 1.142
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.987
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.550
And all notifications have disappeared 8.416
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.232
And all tps features are enabled 7.705
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:33.375
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 1:53.471
And I enable persistence 24.739
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" 0.514
And persistence is enabled 7.318
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.172
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 7.455
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.217
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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37.760
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 7.817
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.122
When I enable persistence 12.778
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.120
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 7.665
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.003
When I try to enable persistence 1.292
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.524
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.253
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.209
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.250
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.875
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 7.610
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.046
When I try to enable persistence 1.153
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.988
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.212
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 7.213
And all notifications have disappeared 6.470
# 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" 0.154
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.084
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.160
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.016
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.059
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 7.655
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.166
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.271
When I try to enable persistence 1.152
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.091
When I log in to a new session 7.720
And all notifications have disappeared 7.912
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.108
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000