Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 48 23 Sep 2026, 16:21

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 23:43.169 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.434
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.901
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.322
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.332
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.927
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.180
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.283
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.245
And persistence is disabled 0.089
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:34.380
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 logged in 9.033
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.303
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.107
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.018
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.032
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.573
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.182
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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29.656
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 8.057
And the system is very low on memory 4.085
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.193
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.667
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.106
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.474
And I free up some memory 0.666
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.334
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:54.264
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 8.614
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.327
And all tps features are active 8.005
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.724
When I disable the first tps feature 2.650
Then all tps features but the first one are active 10.164
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.375
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.213
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.058
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13.763
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 8.252
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.114
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I disable the first tps feature 2.554
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.078
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.043
When I enable the first tps feature 2.505
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.758
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 7.834
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.088
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 2.794
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.944
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.963
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 7.830
And the network is plugged 0.044
And Tor is ready 13.461
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.120
When I write some files expected to persist 1.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.728
# 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" 11.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.323
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.881
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 7.710
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 10.397
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.110
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.273
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.942
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 11.798
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.385
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.054
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059
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41.621
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 8.963
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.267
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.981
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.408
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:58.442
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 9.207
When I enable persistence 25.317
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.745
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.754
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.293
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.191
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.523
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.951
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.147
When I cold reboot the computer 6.100
And the computer reboots Tails 35.154
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.190
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.122
Given I enable persistence 14.123
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.079
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.311
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.095
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
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2:14.932
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 8.572
# 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 32.690
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.412
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.075
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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40.590
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 8.491
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.923
Then persistence is disabled 0.089
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.337
And all notifications have disappeared 8.863
When I delete the persistent partition 2.670
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:20.760
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 8.183
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.048
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.402
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.909
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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56.218
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 8.786
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.233
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.574
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.976
And all notifications have disappeared 8.222
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.258
And all tps features are enabled 7.850
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:48.597
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 2:3.237
And I enable persistence 28.504
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.101
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.502
And persistence is enabled 8.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.867
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 7.820
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.381
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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40.538
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 8.737
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.234
When I enable persistence 14.302
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.298
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 8.714
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.173
When I try to enable persistence 1.327
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.669
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.187
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.352
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.082
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.095
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 7.978
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.941
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 9.164
And all notifications have disappeared 7.302
# 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" 0.111
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.073
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.158
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.103
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.174
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 7.858
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.825
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.451
When I try to enable persistence 1.253
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.370
When I log in to a new session 8.583
And all notifications have disappeared 6.858
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.190
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000