Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 39 18 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 22:34.167 Passed
Tags: @product
Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
Tags: @product
1:30.107
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 1:16.612
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.605
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.252
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.632
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 8.299
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.476
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.200
And persistence is disabled 0.070
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.379
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 8.606
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.284
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.099
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.272
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.225
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.647
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.160
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product
29.267
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 7.870
And the system is very low on memory 5.163
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.126
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.451
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.121
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.367
And I free up some memory 0.457
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.667
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:54.256
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 21.566
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.347
And all tps features are active 7.898
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.637
When I disable the first tps feature 2.450
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.556
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.278
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.662
Then all tps features but the first one are active 6.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
13.205
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 7.868
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.086
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I disable the first tps feature 2.528
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.430
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.997
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 20.574
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I disable the first tps feature 2.475
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.779
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.246
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 7.422
And the network is plugged 0.064
And Tor is ready 9.373
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.181
When I write some files expected to persist 1.060
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.152
# 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 0.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.006
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 enabled and logged in 7.612
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 7.987
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 5.195
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.194
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 10.278
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.369
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.075
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.076
Tags: @product
37.496
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 8.198
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.083
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.656
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:47.155
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 8.253
When I enable persistence 21.079
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.011
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.916
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.388
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.279
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.448
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.106
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.129
When I cold reboot the computer 5.783
And the computer reboots Tails 32.567
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.241
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.305
Given I enable persistence 13.501
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.092
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.314
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.612
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:7.630
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 8.630
# 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 29.641
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.242
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.766
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.349
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product
36.577
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 7.951
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.504
Then persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.402
And all notifications have disappeared 7.690
When I delete the persistent partition 2.689
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:16.111
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 8.026
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.058
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.192
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.598
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035
Tags: @product
53.361
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 8.042
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.417
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.258
And all notifications have disappeared 7.997
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.246
And all tps features are enabled 7.586
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:35.663
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 1:53.423
And I enable persistence 25.996
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.717
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.520
And persistence is enabled 8.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.640
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 7.196
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.936
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
38.706
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 8.341
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.689
When I enable persistence 12.916
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.040
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.573
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 8.005
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.535
When I try to enable persistence 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.020
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.079
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.335
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.070
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.081
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.200
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 7.741
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.481
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.227
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 8.036
And all notifications have disappeared 8.065
# 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" 0.146
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.091
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.178
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.123
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.950
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 7.874
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.016
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.312
When I try to enable persistence 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.316
When I log in to a new session 8.516
And all notifications have disappeared 7.670
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.141
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000