Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 43 22 Sep 2026, 03:20

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 22:4.141 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.247
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 1:16.639
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.732
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.219
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.690
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 8.429
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.425
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.183
And persistence is disabled 0.098
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:29.903
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 8.386
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.266
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.974
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 5.359
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.586
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.162
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
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28.340
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 8.002
And the system is very low on memory 3.984
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.223
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.285
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.075
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.343
And I free up some memory 0.479
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.902
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.677
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 8.114
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.279
And all tps features are active 7.296
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.530
When I disable the first tps feature 2.472
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.107
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 1:2.242
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.503
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029
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12.827
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 7.657
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.081
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.048
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I disable the first tps feature 2.452
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.030
When I enable the first tps feature 2.377
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.045
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.048
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 7.588
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.075
And I disable the first tps feature 2.469
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.807
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.599
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 7.616
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 8.457
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.340
When I write some files expected to persist 0.927
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.313
# 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" 10.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.542
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 7.621
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 9.150
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.098
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.138
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.894
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 12.044
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.364
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.072
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.070
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37.529
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 8.340
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.071
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.574
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:45.712
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 21.059
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.310
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.120
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.463
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.264
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.413
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.516
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.100
When I cold reboot the computer 5.913
And the computer reboots Tails 32.725
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.242
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.164
Given I enable persistence 12.288
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.066
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.135
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.488
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.446
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
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2:4.268
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 8.190
# 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 27.230
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.371
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.545
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040
Tags: @product
37.133
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 8.400
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.714
Then persistence is disabled 0.140
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.756
And all notifications have disappeared 8.225
When I delete the persistent partition 2.623
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:16.810
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 8.160
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.046
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.591
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.833
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.065
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53.894
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 8.190
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.046
When I try to enable persistence 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.470
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.512
And all notifications have disappeared 8.282
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.244
And all tps features are enabled 7.673
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.300
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:37.368
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 1:56.619
And I enable persistence 25.532
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.101
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.461
And persistence is enabled 7.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.652
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 7.486
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.715
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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39.624
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 8.433
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.445
When I enable persistence 13.245
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.039
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.886
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 7.955
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.224
When I try to enable persistence 1.258
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.758
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.342
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.179
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.041
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.109
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.770
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 7.888
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.068
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.222
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I log in to a new session 7.258
And all notifications have disappeared 7.739
# 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" 0.149
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.084
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.144
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.999
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.614
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 7.962
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.661
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.327
When I try to enable persistence 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.062
When I log in to a new session 6.807
And all notifications have disappeared 7.739
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.130
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000