Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 40 19 Sep 2026, 03:19

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 22:11.678 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.935
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.504
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.580
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.187
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.963
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 8.309
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.805
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.224
And persistence is disabled 0.072
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:31.654
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 8.637
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.379
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.082
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.714
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.285
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.334
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.137
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
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28.414
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 7.832
And the system is very low on memory 4.331
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.216
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.388
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.077
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.348
And I free up some memory 0.513
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.669
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.723
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 8.096
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.256
And all tps features are active 7.327
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.573
When I disable the first tps feature 2.439
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.685
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.290
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.236
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044
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12.692
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 7.479
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I disable the first tps feature 2.451
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.033
When I enable the first tps feature 2.421
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.045
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.198
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 7.717
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
And I disable the first tps feature 2.438
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.890
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
54.091
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 20.755
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 8.948
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.854
When I write some files expected to persist 1.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.219
# 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" 11.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:31.665
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 7.357
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 8.161
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.137
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.199
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.828
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 10.365
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.378
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.072
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.086
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37.999
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 8.674
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.127
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.627
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:44.356
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 8.343
When I enable persistence 20.170
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.903
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.274
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.395
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.301
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.407
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.097
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.172
When I cold reboot the computer 5.823
And the computer reboots Tails 31.459
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.327
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.243
Given I enable persistence 12.282
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.055
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.145
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.795
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:6.059
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.101
# 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 27.656
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.444
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.915
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
36.475
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 7.936
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.927
Then persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.377
And all notifications have disappeared 8.287
When I delete the persistent partition 2.597
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:15.090
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 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.164
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.819
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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53.627
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 7.736
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.678
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.065
And all notifications have disappeared 8.125
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.262
And all tps features are enabled 7.671
And all tps features but the first one are active 6.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.480
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:34.638
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 1:54.947
And I enable persistence 24.922
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.741
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.534
And persistence is enabled 7.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.793
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 7.246
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.020
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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37.641
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.182
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.019
When I enable persistence 12.836
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.030
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.883
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 8.117
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.230
When I try to enable persistence 1.254
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.549
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.278
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.233
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.077
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.959
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 7.585
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.148
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.204
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 7.220
And all notifications have disappeared 7.293
# 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" 0.162
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.097
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.166
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.998
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.813
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 7.916
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.028
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.291
When I try to enable persistence 1.183
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.526
When I log in to a new session 7.377
And all notifications have disappeared 7.642
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.137
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000