Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 42 21 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 22:49.391 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.080
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 1:18.309
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.852
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.213
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.326
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 8.426
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.715
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.189
And persistence is disabled 0.103
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.804
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 21.712
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.226
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.549
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.880
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.140
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.144
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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29.272
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 7.896
And the system is very low on memory 4.850
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.111
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.014
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.117
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.357
And I free up some memory 0.415
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.459
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.976
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 8.051
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.253
And all tps features are active 7.561
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.712
When I disable the first tps feature 2.509
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.612
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.171
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.480
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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13.018
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 7.790
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.047
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I disable the first tps feature 2.474
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.032
When I enable the first tps feature 2.418
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.010
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 7.545
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.050
And I disable the first tps feature 2.480
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.823
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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41.637
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 7.442
And the network is plugged 0.053
And Tor is ready 10.250
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.538
When I write some files expected to persist 1.016
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.266
# 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" 11.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.702
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 7.594
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 7.825
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.126
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.189
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.827
And I capture all network traffic 0.012
And the network is plugged 0.057
And Tor is ready 10.499
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.389
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.054
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039
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50.209
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 21.285
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.089
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 10.888
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:45.276
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 8.333
When I enable persistence 20.452
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.197
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.796
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.355
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.159
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.427
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.008
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.133
When I cold reboot the computer 5.711
And the computer reboots Tails 32.632
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.347
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.244
Given I enable persistence 12.577
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.071
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.333
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.351
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:3.176
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 8.003
# 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 26.693
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.148
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.811
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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36.628
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 8.090
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.489
Then persistence is disabled 0.077
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.090
And all notifications have disappeared 8.068
When I delete the persistent partition 2.602
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:13.898
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 7.691
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.042
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.182
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.788
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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1:6.534
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 21.093
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.170
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.583
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.532
And all notifications have disappeared 8.000
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.244
And all tps features are enabled 7.695
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:47.703
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 2:6.592
And I enable persistence 25.398
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.617
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.485
And persistence is enabled 7.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.644
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 7.482
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.703
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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37.549
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.993
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.265
When I enable persistence 12.458
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.040
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.238
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 7.988
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.363
When I try to enable persistence 1.199
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.268
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.124
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.101
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.140
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.439
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 7.898
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.076
When I try to enable persistence 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.575
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.209
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 8.266
And all notifications have disappeared 8.138
# 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" 0.113
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.075
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.128
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.086
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.264
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 8.063
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.251
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.299
When I try to enable persistence 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.024
When I log in to a new session 7.852
And all notifications have disappeared 7.531
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.022
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000