Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 45 23 Sep 2026, 03:16

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 22:1.033 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.786
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 1:19.078
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.788
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.226
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.112
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 8.419
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.919
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.174
And persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:28.128
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 8.713
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.329
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.090
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.365
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.154
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.216
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.156
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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28.612
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 7.987
And the system is very low on memory 4.036
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.261
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.619
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.097
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.410
And I free up some memory 0.518
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.645
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.448
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 8.048
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.267
And all tps features are active 7.586
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.622
When I disable the first tps feature 2.443
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.569
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.745
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.651
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.077
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12.892
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 7.708
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.045
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I disable the first tps feature 2.465
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.033
When I enable the first tps feature 2.379
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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12.853
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 7.403
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.075
And I disable the first tps feature 2.447
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.826
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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40.536
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 7.456
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 9.036
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.461
When I write some files expected to persist 0.964
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.162
# 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" 11.419
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.338
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 7.450
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 10.002
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.091
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.206
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.675
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 10.339
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.351
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.061
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.070
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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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.527
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.108
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.290
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.729
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 8.579
When I enable persistence 20.284
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.256
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.436
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.429
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.309
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.490
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.253
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.124
When I cold reboot the computer 6.960
And the computer reboots Tails 32.455
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.178
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.105
Given I enable persistence 12.093
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.052
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.142
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 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.436
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:5.065
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 7.953
# 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 28.428
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.176
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.529
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
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37.410
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 8.378
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.925
Then persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.488
And all notifications have disappeared 8.659
When I delete the persistent partition 2.606
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:16.548
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 8.130
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.065
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.177
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.991
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043
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53.795
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 7.966
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.046
When I try to enable persistence 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.313
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.794
And all notifications have disappeared 8.036
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.229
And all tps features are enabled 7.194
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:33.686
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 1:53.061
And I enable persistence 24.959
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.370
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.492
And persistence is enabled 7.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.724
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 7.461
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.813
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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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 7.898
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.210
When I enable persistence 11.914
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.037
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.391
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" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.511
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.283
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.118
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.098
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.171
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.192
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 7.684
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.146
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.990
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.232
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 8.021
And all notifications have disappeared 6.771
# 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" 0.201
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.074
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.131
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 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.233
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 7.745
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.343
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.273
When I try to enable persistence 1.172
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 1.802
When I log in to a new session 7.959
And all notifications have disappeared 7.236
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.007
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000