Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 47 23 Sep 2026, 16:09

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 23:48.029 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.379
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 1:22.318
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.924
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.278
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.392
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 8.892
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.523
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.263
And persistence is disabled 0.096
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.162
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 9.033
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.290
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.143
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.310
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.417
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.679
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.160
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028
Tags: @product
30.040
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 8.156
And the system is very low on memory 4.099
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.226
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.709
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.130
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.356
And I free up some memory 0.472
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.822
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:56.313
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 8.996
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.263
And all tps features are active 8.609
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.966
When I disable the first tps feature 2.498
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.038
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.778
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.748
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.412
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.906
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 8.546
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I disable the first tps feature 2.527
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.063
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.043
When I enable the first tps feature 2.455
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.117
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 7.665
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.078
And I disable the first tps feature 2.432
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.815
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.055
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 7.649
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 10.371
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.696
When I write some files expected to persist 1.149
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.413
# 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" 11.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.492
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 7.823
And the network is plugged 0.052
And Tor is ready 10.027
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.093
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.284
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.868
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 12.634
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.379
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.103
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049
Tags: @product
40.904
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 9.373
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.106
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.388
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:58.767
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 9.223
When I enable persistence 24.165
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.231
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.540
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.377
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.187
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.520
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.596
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.129
When I cold reboot the computer 6.257
And the computer reboots Tails 35.492
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.361
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.290
Given I enable persistence 14.947
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.143
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.115
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:12.253
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 8.918
# 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 28.941
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.242
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.000
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
39.785
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 8.198
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.588
Then persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.404
And all notifications have disappeared 8.604
When I delete the persistent partition 3.659
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:19.927
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 7.951
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.062
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.451
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.224
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
59.368
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.512
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.212
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.112
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.992
And all notifications have disappeared 8.594
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.310
And all tps features are enabled 8.626
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:45.104
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 1:59.237
And I enable persistence 28.764
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.526
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.577
And persistence is enabled 7.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.345
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 7.833
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.967
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.386
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 8.582
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.105
When I enable persistence 15.361
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.078
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.675
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.416
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.849
When I try to enable persistence 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.076
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.700
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.077
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.091
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.358
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.065
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 8.282
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.194
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.180
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 8.529
And all notifications have disappeared 7.173
# 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" 0.173
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.101
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.231
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 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.583
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 8.077
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.038
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.286
When I try to enable persistence 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.397
When I log in to a new session 8.241
And all notifications have disappeared 8.336
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.143
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000