Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 30 10 Sep 2026, 03:41

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 25:37.915 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.395
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.579
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.883
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.233
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.206
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 8.527
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.663
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.218
And persistence is disabled 0.076
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.130
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.763
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.278
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.121
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.356
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.327
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.968
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.203
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
28.733
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 8.202
And the system is very low on memory 3.985
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.228
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.247
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 2.413
And I free up some memory 0.598
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.932
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:0.592
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 21.212
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.228
And all tps features are active 9.599
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.715
When I disable the first tps feature 2.483
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.477
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.746
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.395
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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13.543
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 8.128
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I disable the first tps feature 2.538
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.070
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.055
When I enable the first tps feature 2.445
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.091
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.474
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 7.725
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.117
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
And I disable the first tps feature 2.527
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.003
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.643
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 7.830
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 8.497
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.421
When I write some files expected to persist 1.047
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.152
# 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" 11.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.414
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 7.836
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 11.350
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.104
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.270
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.487
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 10.782
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.358
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.060
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045
Tags: @product
39.481
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 8.484
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 13.490
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:49.805
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 8.505
When I enable persistence 21.477
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.016
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.101
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.237
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.137
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.445
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.252
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.235
When I cold reboot the computer 5.839
And the computer reboots Tails 33.366
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.322
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.244
Given I enable persistence 12.781
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.081
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.342
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.291
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
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2:11.873
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 8.425
# 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 28.779
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 1:6.390
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
38.027
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 8.004
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.229
Then persistence is disabled 0.077
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.303
And all notifications have disappeared 8.500
When I delete the persistent partition 2.639
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.601
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.206
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.079
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.368
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.723
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.056
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56.596
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.821
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.046
When I try to enable persistence 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.077
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.147
And all notifications have disappeared 8.547
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.296
And all tps features are enabled 7.531
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
5:0.936
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 4:11.948
And I enable persistence 30.330
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.375
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.487
And persistence is enabled 10.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.336
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 7.482
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.289
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.900
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 9.237
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.168
When I enable persistence 13.421
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.040
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.178
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.461
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.786
When I try to enable persistence 1.238
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.730
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.133
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.269
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.101
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.402
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.936
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.704
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.045
When I try to enable persistence 1.237
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.533
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I log in to a new session 9.358
And all notifications have disappeared 8.133
# 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" 0.322
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.287
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.142
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.977
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.108
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.982
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.158
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.306
When I try to enable persistence 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.188
When I log in to a new session 9.153
And all notifications have disappeared 8.345
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.056
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000