Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 27 06 Sep 2026, 03:16

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 22:15.628 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.963
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 1:18.274
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.760
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.311
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.777
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 8.189
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.755
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.191
And persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.108
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 8.746
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.252
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.094
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.974
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 5.218
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.595
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.132
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.004
Tags: @product
28.884
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 7.865
And the system is very low on memory 4.668
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.253
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.301
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.096
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.439
And I free up some memory 0.465
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.754
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.840
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 8.139
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.281
And all tps features are active 7.620
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.509
When I disable the first tps feature 2.457
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.604
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.506
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.150
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
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13.041
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 7.727
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.086
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.065
When I disable the first tps feature 2.485
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.055
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.035
When I enable the first tps feature 2.443
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.043
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.424
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 7.794
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.092
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.075
And I disable the first tps feature 2.591
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.830
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.730
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 7.480
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 9.647
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.224
When I write some files expected to persist 0.878
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.491
# 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" 10.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.925
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 7.520
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 9.372
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.128
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.190
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.749
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 10.396
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.343
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.065
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
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37.322
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 8.077
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.070
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.588
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.897
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 8.353
When I enable persistence 22.315
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.540
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.474
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.396
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.133
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.410
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.445
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.144
When I cold reboot the computer 5.781
And the computer reboots Tails 32.133
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.295
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.232
Given I enable persistence 12.443
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.061
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.233
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.385
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:7.034
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 8.105
# 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 32.434
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.157
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.346
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
37.338
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 8.273
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.432
Then persistence is disabled 0.071
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.451
And all notifications have disappeared 8.220
When I delete the persistent partition 2.653
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:16.054
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 8.124
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.293
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.383
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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53.178
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 8.247
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.130
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.451
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.166
And all notifications have disappeared 8.126
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.202
And all tps features are enabled 7.572
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:37.161
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
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 1:56.111
And I enable persistence 25.567
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.315
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.582
And persistence is enabled 7.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.000
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 7.358
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.156
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
38.270
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 8.323
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.682
When I enable persistence 12.829
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.039
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.395
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.688
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 8.088
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.755
When I try to enable persistence 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.659
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.202
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.248
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.041
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.238
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.175
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 7.606
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.068
When I try to enable persistence 1.125
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.493
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.228
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 7.866
And all notifications have disappeared 8.434
# 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" 0.100
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.083
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.159
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.085
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.806
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 7.759
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.974
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.304
When I try to enable persistence 1.148
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.083
When I log in to a new session 7.901
And all notifications have disappeared 7.640
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.135
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000