Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 25 04 Sep 2026, 03:20

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 22:44.750 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.398
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 1:16.062
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.519
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.206
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.717
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 8.366
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.761
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.212
And persistence is disabled 0.079
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:30.573
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 8.350
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.296
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.124
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.906
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.215
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.454
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.141
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026
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29.430
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 8.024
And the system is very low on memory 4.833
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.246
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.641
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.086
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.334
And I free up some memory 0.551
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.663
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.473
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 8.157
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.317
And all tps features are active 7.314
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.477
When I disable the first tps feature 2.445
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.830
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.241
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.486
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029
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13.160
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 7.905
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I disable the first tps feature 2.513
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.045
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.044
When I enable the first tps feature 2.394
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.045
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.139
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 7.506
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.100
And I disable the first tps feature 2.506
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.922
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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39.136
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 7.500
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 8.121
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.570
When I write some files expected to persist 0.856
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.136
# 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" 10.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.407
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 7.426
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 8.209
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.266
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.271
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.419
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 12.261
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.345
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.051
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048
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36.911
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 8.169
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.071
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.081
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:44.012
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 8.390
When I enable persistence 21.706
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.514
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.960
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.375
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.268
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.490
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.656
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.164
When I cold reboot the computer 5.791
And the computer reboots Tails 31.316
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.268
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.114
Given I enable persistence 12.099
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.141
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.563
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:2.605
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 8.009
# 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 27.694
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.233
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.091
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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38.093
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 8.023
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.546
Then persistence is disabled 0.061
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.220
And all notifications have disappeared 8.399
When I delete the persistent partition 2.568
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:16.710
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 8.140
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.046
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.680
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.659
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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55.411
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 8.200
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.147
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.064
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.042
And all notifications have disappeared 8.197
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.253
And all tps features are enabled 7.042
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:57.524
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 2:12.249
And I enable persistence 28.750
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.968
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.481
And persistence is enabled 9.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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32.028
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 7.610
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.968
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.449
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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42.123
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 8.328
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.273
When I enable persistence 14.357
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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41.496
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 21.417
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.096
When I try to enable persistence 1.236
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.219
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.103
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.097
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.202
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.773
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 8.029
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.152
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.511
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.088
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 8.091
And all notifications have disappeared 7.563
# 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" 0.159
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.104
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.179
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.054
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.620
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 8.149
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.578
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.250
When I try to enable persistence 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.275
When I log in to a new session 6.900
And all notifications have disappeared 7.217
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.048
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000