Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 37 17 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 22:6.082 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.559
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 1:16.598
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.002
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.260
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.944
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 8.570
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.580
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.202
And persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:31.420
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 8.401
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.328
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.084
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.522
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.271
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.573
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.146
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
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28.872
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 8.054
And the system is very low on memory 4.202
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.266
When I try to create a persistent partition 3.973
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.105
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.376
And I free up some memory 0.513
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.339
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.861
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 7.919
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.281
And all tps features are active 7.713
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.569
When I disable the first tps feature 2.477
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.546
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.272
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.833
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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12.966
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 7.811
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I disable the first tps feature 2.403
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.049
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.033
When I enable the first tps feature 2.371
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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12.900
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.496
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.049
And I disable the first tps feature 2.463
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.775
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.357
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 7.556
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 9.134
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.384
When I write some files expected to persist 0.903
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.253
# 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" 11.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.441
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.549
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 7.739
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 8.098
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.120
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.370
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.601
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 12.032
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.359
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.063
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044
Tags: @product
38.064
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.416
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 11.864
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:47.019
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 8.480
When I enable persistence 21.273
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.715
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.290
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.387
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.189
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.475
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.459
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.106
When I cold reboot the computer 5.902
And the computer reboots Tails 32.558
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.170
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.223
Given I enable persistence 11.769
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.090
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.133
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.686
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:2.726
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 8.141
# 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 28.441
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.992
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.731
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.419
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
37.256
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 8.325
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.488
Then persistence is disabled 0.076
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.228
And all notifications have disappeared 8.163
When I delete the persistent partition 2.673
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.300
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:16.185
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 7.865
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.054
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.170
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.894
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
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54.513
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 8.390
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.010
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.129
And all notifications have disappeared 7.979
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.294
And all tps features are enabled 7.158
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.339
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:36.460
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 1:56.672
And I enable persistence 24.783
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.975
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.543
And persistence is enabled 7.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.671
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 7.360
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.897
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.961
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 8.318
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.733
When I enable persistence 12.148
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.805
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 8.194
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.075
When I try to enable persistence 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.528
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.187
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.204
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.145
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.548
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 7.939
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.170
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.067
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.212
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.020
When I log in to a new session 7.678
And all notifications have disappeared 7.279
# 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" 0.139
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.097
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.124
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.991
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.435
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 7.904
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.852
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.249
When I try to enable persistence 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.198
When I log in to a new session 7.525
And all notifications have disappeared 7.764
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.035
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000