Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 38 17 Sep 2026, 12:02

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 24:4.292 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.119
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.455
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.560
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.215
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.721
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 9.047
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.038
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.219
And persistence is disabled 0.106
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.309
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.395
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 9.076
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.271
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.094
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.595
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 5.234
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.843
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.189
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
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30.589
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 8.497
And the system is very low on memory 4.325
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.195
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.651
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.088
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.464
And I free up some memory 0.711
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.587
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:56.164
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 9.800
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.314
And all tps features are active 8.464
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.016
When I disable the first tps feature 2.548
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.753
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.366
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.366
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059
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13.675
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 8.191
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I disable the first tps feature 2.586
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.081
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.048
When I enable the first tps feature 2.470
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.599
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 7.981
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
And I disable the first tps feature 2.544
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.903
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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45.856
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 7.967
And the network is plugged 0.061
And Tor is ready 11.585
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.618
When I write some files expected to persist 1.069
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.331
# 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" 12.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.271
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.840
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 9.914
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 5.327
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.247
And I capture all network traffic 0.008
And the network is plugged 0.048
And Tor is ready 12.155
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.391
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.069
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.063
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40.653
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 8.743
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.119
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.858
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:54.935
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 8.862
When I enable persistence 22.483
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.038
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.672
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.271
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.410
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.683
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.033
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.138
When I cold reboot the computer 6.044
And the computer reboots Tails 33.762
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.240
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.256
Given I enable persistence 13.106
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.076
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.457
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.277
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:11.466
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 8.578
# 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 29.353
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.458
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.136
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
38.102
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 8.384
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.614
Then persistence is disabled 0.099
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.396
And all notifications have disappeared 7.594
When I delete the persistent partition 2.657
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.355
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.395
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 8.446
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.056
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.212
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.236
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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59.209
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 8.533
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.142
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.156
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.347
And all notifications have disappeared 8.677
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.349
And all tps features are enabled 8.839
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:8.170
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 2:17.898
And I enable persistence 30.667
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.013
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.608
And persistence is enabled 10.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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33.355
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 7.699
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 25.043
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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41.603
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 8.600
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.079
When I enable persistence 13.739
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.041
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.653
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 8.457
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.172
When I try to enable persistence 1.269
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.183
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.140
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.374
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.092
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.656
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 8.165
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.172
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.104
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.223
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I log in to a new session 9.818
And all notifications have disappeared 7.637
# 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" 0.198
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.173
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.272
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.131
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.698
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 8.244
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.388
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.296
When I try to enable persistence 1.282
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.818
When I log in to a new session 8.539
And all notifications have disappeared 6.740
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.388
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000