Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 23 02 Sep 2026, 03:25

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 22:17.447 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.044
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 1:18.677
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.469
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.211
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.533
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 8.282
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.158
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.169
And persistence is disabled 0.068
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.466
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 21.723
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.332
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.115
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.132
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.893
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.138
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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29.647
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 8.079
And the system is very low on memory 4.592
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.274
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.992
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.088
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.329
And I free up some memory 0.493
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.752
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.054
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 8.122
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.280
And all tps features are active 8.231
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.580
When I disable the first tps feature 2.437
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.016
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.558
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.850
Then all tps features but the first one are active 6.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.085
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13.092
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 7.806
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.037
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.079
When I disable the first tps feature 2.444
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.055
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.031
When I enable the first tps feature 2.451
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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12.544
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 7.675
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
And I disable the first tps feature 2.455
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.253
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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40.844
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 7.574
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 9.260
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.981
When I write some files expected to persist 0.882
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.179
# 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" 10.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.339
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 7.652
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 8.164
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.187
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.469
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.327
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 11.965
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.350
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.060
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035
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37.026
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 8.385
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.072
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 10.870
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:45.090
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 8.320
When I enable persistence 21.371
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.674
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.381
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.278
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.134
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.438
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 20.795
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.128
When I cold reboot the computer 5.716
And the computer reboots Tails 31.790
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.296
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.202
Given I enable persistence 12.234
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.076
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.275
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.879
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:6.883
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 8.049
# 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 30.636
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.306
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.381
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
36.931
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 8.014
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.323
Then persistence is disabled 0.062
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.722
And all notifications have disappeared 8.041
When I delete the persistent partition 2.541
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:14.862
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 8.017
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.041
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.213
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.400
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
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53.657
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 7.884
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.045
When I try to enable persistence 1.155
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.558
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.846
And all notifications have disappeared 8.028
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.200
And all tps features are enabled 7.530
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.407
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:35.395
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 1:56.510
And I enable persistence 24.112
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.907
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.561
And persistence is enabled 7.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.627
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 7.287
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.869
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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38.214
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 8.185
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.398
When I enable persistence 11.404
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.038
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.290
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 8.284
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.752
When I try to enable persistence 1.171
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.388
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.104
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.256
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.204
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.084
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 7.752
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.085
When I try to enable persistence 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.982
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.094
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 7.479
And all notifications have disappeared 7.199
# 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" 0.184
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.115
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.172
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.031
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.813
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 7.855
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.868
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.216
When I try to enable persistence 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 1.652
When I log in to a new session 7.505
And all notifications have disappeared 7.527
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.142
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000