Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 33 13 Sep 2026, 03:21

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 21:55.457 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.521
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 1:15.957
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.650
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.257
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.641
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.266
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.536
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.205
And persistence is disabled 0.076
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:30.277
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 8.528
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.249
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.307
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.037
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.343
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.554
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.142
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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27.767
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 7.978
And the system is very low on memory 4.049
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.141
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.383
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.097
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.381
And I free up some memory 0.514
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.176
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.495
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 8.252
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.261
And all tps features are active 7.195
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.565
When I disable the first tps feature 2.502
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.709
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.230
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.661
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044
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13.145
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 7.895
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.101
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
When I disable the first tps feature 2.493
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.042
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.032
When I enable the first tps feature 2.389
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.045
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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12.738
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 7.608
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.084
And I disable the first tps feature 2.472
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.460
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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40.050
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 7.605
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 8.324
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.542
When I write some files expected to persist 0.926
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.444
# 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" 11.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.009
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 7.549
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 8.247
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.122
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.238
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.332
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.054
And Tor is ready 10.934
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.357
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.050
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.115
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36.423
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.419
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.081
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.461
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:47.507
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 8.423
When I enable persistence 20.201
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.433
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.219
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.385
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.288
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.524
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.567
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.102
When I cold reboot the computer 6.950
And the computer reboots Tails 33.490
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.159
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.139
Given I enable persistence 12.299
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.063
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.275
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.899
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
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2:3.182
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 7.972
# 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 26.919
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.224
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.904
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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38.079
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 8.221
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.684
Then persistence is disabled 0.074
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.674
And all notifications have disappeared 8.644
When I delete the persistent partition 2.573
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:14.790
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 7.695
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.045
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.183
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.684
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040
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53.909
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 8.157
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.144
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.340
And all notifications have disappeared 8.211
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.231
And all tps features are enabled 7.243
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.364
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:34.178
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 1:55.256
And I enable persistence 24.425
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.754
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.498
And persistence is enabled 7.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.064
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.415
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.193
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.455
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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37.579
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 8.296
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.948
When I enable persistence 11.754
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.009
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 7.905
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.933
When I try to enable persistence 1.264
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.287
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.143
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.179
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.100
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.519
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 7.788
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.183
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.480
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.208
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 7.230
And all notifications have disappeared 7.309
# 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" 0.147
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.074
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.224
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.011
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.564
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 7.719
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.476
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.231
When I try to enable persistence 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 1.841
When I log in to a new session 7.045
And all notifications have disappeared 8.365
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.033
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000