Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 32 12 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 21:51.657 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.537
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 1:16.710
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.985
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.203
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.988
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 log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.666
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.200
And persistence is disabled 0.072
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:28.907
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 8.266
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.284
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.881
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.429
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.727
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.132
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
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27.892
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 8.032
And the system is very low on memory 3.858
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.260
When I try to create a persistent partition 3.827
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.159
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.327
And I free up some memory 0.419
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.963
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:45.641
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 8.028
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.292
And all tps features are active 7.932
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.609
When I disable the first tps feature 2.468
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.555
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.721
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.897
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
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13.064
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 7.799
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.086
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I disable the first tps feature 2.458
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.076
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.059
When I enable the first tps feature 2.398
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.036
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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12.969
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 7.558
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.050
And I disable the first tps feature 2.457
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.805
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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40.245
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 7.682
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 8.121
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.145
When I write some files expected to persist 0.862
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.228
# 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" 11.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:32.971
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
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 8.059
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.119
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.188
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.487
And I capture all network traffic 0.010
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 11.847
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.337
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.043
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040
Tags: @product
37.869
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 8.371
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.077
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.896
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.524
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:43.961
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 8.449
When I enable persistence 19.895
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.419
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.276
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.376
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.138
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.404
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.808
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.116
When I cold reboot the computer 5.804
And the computer reboots Tails 30.892
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.297
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.234
Given I enable persistence 12.933
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.062
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.195
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.554
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051
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2:3.645
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 8.118
# 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 27.887
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.154
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.342
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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35.759
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 8.037
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.821
Then persistence is disabled 0.075
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.011
And all notifications have disappeared 7.899
When I delete the persistent partition 2.657
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:14.051
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.021
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.993
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.056
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.290
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.538
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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53.182
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 7.667
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.187
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.404
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.488
And all notifications have disappeared 8.235
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.218
And all tps features are enabled 7.418
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:35.951
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 1:55.879
And I enable persistence 25.021
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.959
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.426
And persistence is enabled 7.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.930
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 7.386
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.093
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.775
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 8.020
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.696
When I enable persistence 12.627
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.378
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.082
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 7.903
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.352
When I try to enable persistence 1.210
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.323
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.249
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.306
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.042
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.211
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.481
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.181
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 7.806
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.418
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.230
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.022
When I log in to a new session 7.725
And all notifications have disappeared 6.489
# 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" 0.152
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.072
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.162
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.155
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.047
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 7.735
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.324
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.221
When I try to enable persistence 1.270
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.613
When I log in to a new session 7.504
And all notifications have disappeared 6.515
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.071
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000