Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 34 14 Sep 2026, 03:22

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 22:24.635 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.312
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 1:17.234
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.194
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.220
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.548
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 8.407
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.691
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.219
And persistence is disabled 0.076
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:30.897
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.497
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.294
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.085
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.702
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.035
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.242
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.791
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.206
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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28.237
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 8.006
And the system is very low on memory 4.160
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.153
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.213
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.065
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.287
And I free up some memory 0.458
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.842
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.931
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 8.230
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.265
And all tps features are active 7.903
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.472
When I disable the first tps feature 2.462
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.488
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.298
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.442
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.366
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043
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12.942
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 7.663
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I disable the first tps feature 2.526
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.044
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.034
When I enable the first tps feature 2.411
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.040
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.133
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 7.655
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.044
And I disable the first tps feature 2.550
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.764
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.313
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 7.676
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 9.679
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.657
When I write some files expected to persist 1.006
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.268
# 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" 10.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.425
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.073
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 0.040
And Tor is ready 9.507
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.121
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.240
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.834
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 12.082
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.315
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.058
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.095
Tags: @product
36.452
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 8.457
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 10.466
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.454
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:45.579
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 8.283
When I enable persistence 20.977
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.676
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.433
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.246
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.170
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.409
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.446
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.123
When I cold reboot the computer 5.814
And the computer reboots Tails 32.189
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.301
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.228
Given I enable persistence 12.219
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.055
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.135
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.656
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:4.212
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 8.217
# 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 27.550
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.244
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.947
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
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36.853
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 8.486
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.379
Then persistence is disabled 0.078
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.390
And all notifications have disappeared 7.594
When I delete the persistent partition 2.703
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:16.918
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 8.209
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.050
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.671
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.716
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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55.298
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 8.320
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.170
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.864
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.203
And all notifications have disappeared 7.847
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.203
And all tps features are enabled 8.116
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:38.001
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 1:57.469
And I enable persistence 25.315
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.261
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.504
And persistence is enabled 7.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.272
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 7.457
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.340
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.474
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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50.990
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 22.161
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.906
When I enable persistence 12.477
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.395
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.926
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 8.146
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.773
When I try to enable persistence 1.229
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.990
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.095
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.161
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.247
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.996
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 7.906
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.070
When I try to enable persistence 1.191
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.604
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.260
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 8.111
And all notifications have disappeared 7.651
# 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" 0.197
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.066
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.139
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.058
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.743
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 8.115
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.261
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.242
When I try to enable persistence 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.551
When I log in to a new session 7.513
And all notifications have disappeared 7.859
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.112
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000