Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 35 15 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 22:59.093 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:28.949
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 1:15.878
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.092
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.188
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.406
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 8.410
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.076
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.205
And persistence is disabled 0.079
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:30.438
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 8.516
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.271
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.107
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.902
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.195
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.202
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.151
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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28.573
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.248
And the system is very low on memory 4.500
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.118
When I try to create a persistent partition 3.948
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.089
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.329
And I free up some memory 0.390
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.891
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.198
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 8.115
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.261
And all tps features are active 8.029
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.599
When I disable the first tps feature 2.489
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.464
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.255
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.579
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.405
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.417
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 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.668
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.089
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.081
When I disable the first tps feature 2.578
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.041
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.029
When I enable the first tps feature 2.426
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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12.945
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 7.584
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.113
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.050
And I disable the first tps feature 2.453
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.707
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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40.514
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 7.672
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 9.058
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.693
When I write some files expected to persist 0.873
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.122
# 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" 11.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.488
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 7.717
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 9.511
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.127
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.340
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.984
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 10.230
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.343
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.073
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053
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35.453
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 8.123
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.075
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.212
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.518
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 8.297
When I enable persistence 20.982
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.735
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.410
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.354
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.284
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.529
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.570
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.152
When I cold reboot the computer 5.840
And the computer reboots Tails 32.592
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.299
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.218
Given I enable persistence 12.167
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.071
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 6.620
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:4.102
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 8.329
# 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 28.590
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.082
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.102
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
35.482
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 8.276
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.650
Then persistence is disabled 0.073
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.878
And all notifications have disappeared 7.777
When I delete the persistent partition 2.580
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:14.111
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 7.858
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.081
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.215
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.792
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036
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52.897
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 7.858
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.139
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.207
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.268
And all notifications have disappeared 7.745
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.234
And all tps features are enabled 7.724
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:33.529
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 2:48.675
And I enable persistence 28.227
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.748
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.489
And persistence is enabled 9.388
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.033
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 7.258
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.307
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.467
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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40.922
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 7.975
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.128
When I enable persistence 14.537
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.035
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.006
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 8.119
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.701
When I try to enable persistence 1.183
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.551
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.107
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.125
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.119
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.459
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 7.755
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.041
When I try to enable persistence 1.138
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.560
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 8.294
And all notifications have disappeared 7.156
# 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 0.068
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.167
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.044
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.994
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 7.870
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.864
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.285
When I try to enable persistence 1.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.215
When I log in to a new session 7.600
And all notifications have disappeared 8.001
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.087
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000