Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 46 23 Sep 2026, 16:31

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 23:54.290 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.702
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.555
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.180
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.254
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.555
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.874
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.851
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.216
And persistence is disabled 0.126
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.370
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 10.864
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.275
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.181
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.404
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.328
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.161
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
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29.300
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.490
And the system is very low on memory 4.061
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.214
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.520
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.171
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.383
And I free up some memory 0.515
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.904
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:54.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.025
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.756
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.273
And all tps features are active 8.645
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.814
When I disable the first tps feature 2.483
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.493
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.452
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.852
Then all tps features but the first one are active 10.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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13.367
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 enabled and logged in 7.935
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
When I disable the first tps feature 2.509
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.046
When I enable the first tps feature 2.575
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.044
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.642
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 enabled and logged in 8.013
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
And I disable the first tps feature 2.458
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.987
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.852
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 enabled and logged in 8.814
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 12.623
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.840
When I write some files expected to persist 1.124
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.356
# 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" 12.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.448
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.956
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.982
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 9.813
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.107
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.310
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.897
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 11.200
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.405
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.068
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046
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41.308
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.589
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.073
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.809
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:5.482
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 21.792
When I enable persistence 22.413
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.797
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.561
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.423
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.296
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.530
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.258
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.139
When I cold reboot the computer 4.597
And the computer reboots Tails 33.980
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.297
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.238
Given I enable persistence 14.448
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.093
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.171
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.310
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:9.055
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 8.392
# 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 29.191
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.400
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.093
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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40.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.638
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.709
Then persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.851
And all notifications have disappeared 8.696
When I delete the persistent partition 2.749
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.268
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:22.268
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 enabled and logged in 8.223
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.056
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.456
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.270
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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1:0.659
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 8.516
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.044
When I try to enable persistence 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.058
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.929
And all notifications have disappeared 8.911
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.247
And all tps features are enabled 9.666
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:44.816
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 2:1.064
And I enable persistence 26.355
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.037
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.564
And persistence is enabled 7.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.483
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.714
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.294
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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43.144
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 8.862
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.438
When I enable persistence 14.743
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.005
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 8.512
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.819
When I try to enable persistence 1.284
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.525
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.406
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.108
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.729
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.393
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.254
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.733
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.210
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.033
When I log in to a new session 9.309
And all notifications have disappeared 8.939
# 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" 0.120
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.502
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.222
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.154
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.581
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 8.114
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.244
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.379
When I try to enable persistence 1.233
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.329
When I log in to a new session 8.890
And all notifications have disappeared 7.467
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 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000