Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 28 07 Sep 2026, 03:18

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 22:16.077 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:28.597
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 1:15.524
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.202
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.214
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.546
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 8.376
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.325
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.203
And persistence is disabled 0.075
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:32.671
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 8.201
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.279
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.089
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.887
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.759
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.204
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.154
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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27.268
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 7.951
And the system is very low on memory 3.829
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.126
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.066
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.110
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.470
And I free up some memory 0.453
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.217
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:54.818
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 20.892
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.237
And all tps features are active 7.447
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.781
When I disable the first tps feature 2.428
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.889
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.235
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.594
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.310
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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13.117
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 7.726
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I disable the first tps feature 2.558
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.056
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.035
When I enable the first tps feature 2.437
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.090
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 enabled and logged in 7.715
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
And I disable the first tps feature 2.449
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.737
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.741
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 7.678
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 10.131
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.464
When I write some files expected to persist 0.964
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.260
# 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" 11.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.180
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 7.743
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 9.558
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.161
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.191
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.980
And I capture all network traffic 0.011
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 11.932
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.368
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.064
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059
Tags: @product
36.839
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 8.396
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.074
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 10.835
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:45.280
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 8.243
When I enable persistence 21.410
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.360
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.925
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.374
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.291
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.498
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.528
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.123
When I cold reboot the computer 5.724
And the computer reboots Tails 32.136
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.158
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.109
Given I enable persistence 12.211
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.071
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.280
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.707
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:0.457
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 8.244
# 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 25.946
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.935
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.134
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.061
Tags: @product
36.879
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 8.256
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.603
Then persistence is disabled 0.083
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.488
And all notifications have disappeared 8.590
When I delete the persistent partition 2.608
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:15.084
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 enabled and logged in 7.945
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.058
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.339
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.561
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product
53.346
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 8.075
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.664
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.276
And all notifications have disappeared 8.014
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.215
And all tps features are enabled 7.226
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:37.242
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 1:56.481
And I enable persistence 26.166
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.326
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.504
And persistence is enabled 7.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.029
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 7.403
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.118
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
38.024
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 8.402
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.217
When I enable persistence 12.906
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.445
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.941
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 8.105
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.232
When I try to enable persistence 1.227
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.508
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.162
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.080
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.410
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.787
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 7.965
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.145
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.213
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.099
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 8.548
And all notifications have disappeared 7.613
# 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" 0.180
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.066
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.150
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.015
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.132
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 7.921
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.291
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.306
When I try to enable persistence 1.223
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.252
When I log in to a new session 7.802
And all notifications have disappeared 7.377
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.055
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000