Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 44 22 Sep 2026, 13:56

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 21:38.744 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.176
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 1:15.532
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.766
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.226
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.541
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 8.484
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.531
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.213
And persistence is disabled 0.076
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:28.776
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.413
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.257
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.144
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.829
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.035
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.450
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.465
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.140
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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28.259
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 7.787
And the system is very low on memory 4.358
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.134
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.395
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.078
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.318
And I free up some memory 0.472
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.659
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.981
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 8.153
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.258
And all tps features are active 7.564
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.408
When I disable the first tps feature 2.432
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.289
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.209
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.137
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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12.869
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 7.641
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I disable the first tps feature 2.427
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.042
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.040
When I enable the first tps feature 2.468
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.097
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 7.620
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
And I disable the first tps feature 2.429
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.868
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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39.247
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 7.414
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 8.157
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.389
When I write some files expected to persist 0.850
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.114
# 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" 11.281
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:32.567
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 7.463
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 8.092
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.092
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.165
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.772
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 10.323
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.389
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.075
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.077
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37.157
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 8.346
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.060
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.247
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.825
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 8.552
When I enable persistence 21.139
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.587
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.592
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.206
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.133
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.607
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.003
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.122
When I cold reboot the computer 6.996
And the computer reboots Tails 31.649
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.367
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.281
Given I enable persistence 12.654
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.077
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.124
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.587
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:0.504
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 7.906
# 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 25.592
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.158
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.210
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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35.640
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 7.900
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.305
Then persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.863
And all notifications have disappeared 7.636
When I delete the persistent partition 2.569
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:13.269
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 7.555
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.042
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.247
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.213
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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50.917
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 7.758
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.046
When I try to enable persistence 1.119
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.874
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.344
And all notifications have disappeared 7.710
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 0.795
And all tps features are enabled 7.379
And all tps features but the first one are active 6.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:35.381
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 1:55.031
And I enable persistence 24.456
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.803
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.523
And persistence is enabled 7.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.440
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 7.236
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.758
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.445
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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36.169
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 7.923
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.598
When I enable persistence 12.200
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.399
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.369
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 7.665
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.556
When I try to enable persistence 1.270
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.211
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.117
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.109
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.040
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.087
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.310
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.546
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 7.722
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.502
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.104
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.021
When I log in to a new session 8.193
And all notifications have disappeared 7.447
# 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" 0.144
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.074
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.146
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.082
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.005
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 7.807
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.228
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.213
When I try to enable persistence 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.639
When I log in to a new session 7.870
And all notifications have disappeared 6.957
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.079
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000