Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 41 20 Sep 2026, 03:23

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 21:54.626 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.964
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 1:16.912
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.165
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.231
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.460
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.270
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.684
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.217
And persistence is disabled 0.073
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:28.143
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 8.527
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.228
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.812
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.068
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.226
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.041
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.145
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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27.290
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 7.670
And the system is very low on memory 4.014
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.287
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.104
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.196
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.416
And I free up some memory 0.468
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.092
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.087
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 8.360
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.330
And all tps features are active 7.197
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.528
When I disable the first tps feature 2.463
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.769
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.671
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.479
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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13.122
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 7.878
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.113
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I disable the first tps feature 2.442
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.055
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.029
When I enable the first tps feature 2.396
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.037
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.049
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 7.634
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
And I disable the first tps feature 2.457
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.798
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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40.802
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 7.431
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 9.583
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.621
When I write some files expected to persist 0.875
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.171
# 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" 11.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.475
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.822
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 7.671
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 9.454
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.109
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.275
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.054
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 11.693
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.355
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.066
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.072
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37.419
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 8.108
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.126
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.331
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.776
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 8.279
When I enable persistence 21.301
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.873
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.897
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.307
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.318
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.497
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.603
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.154
When I cold reboot the computer 5.778
And the computer reboots Tails 32.328
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.300
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.226
Given I enable persistence 12.279
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.059
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.153
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.297
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
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2:1.271
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 8.168
# 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 26.951
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.872
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.493
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
38.913
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 8.176
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.447
Then persistence is disabled 0.098
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.184
And all notifications have disappeared 8.172
When I delete the persistent partition 2.609
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:14.978
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 7.740
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.043
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.205
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.785
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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53.177
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 7.888
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.040
When I try to enable persistence 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.525
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.163
And all notifications have disappeared 8.553
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.245
And all tps features are enabled 7.244
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.316
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:32.696
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 1:53.390
And I enable persistence 24.715
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.060
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.473
And persistence is enabled 7.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.631
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 7.527
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.633
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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37.268
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 8.066
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.545
When I enable persistence 11.698
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.071
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.061
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 7.590
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.608
When I try to enable persistence 1.265
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.184
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.159
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.095
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.413
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 7.823
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.043
When I try to enable persistence 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.955
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.081
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 7.635
And all notifications have disappeared 7.464
# 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" 0.115
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.097
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.157
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.054
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.275
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 7.893
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.745
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.309
When I try to enable persistence 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.470
When I log in to a new session 8.342
And all notifications have disappeared 7.564
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.050
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000