Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 5 20 Aug 2026, 23:19

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 23:47.397 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.775
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 1:17.380
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.507
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.221
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.775
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 8.658
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.151
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.298
And persistence is disabled 0.143
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.599
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 8.474
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.315
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.949
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.039
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.413
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.060
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.183
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053
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29.958
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 8.291
And the system is very low on memory 4.996
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.261
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.475
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.121
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.426
And I free up some memory 0.520
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.820
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:2.070
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 21.381
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.235
And all tps features are active 8.533
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.888
When I disable the first tps feature 2.543
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.954
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.439
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.361
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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13.374
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 8.010
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.096
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I disable the first tps feature 2.474
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.045
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.050
When I enable the first tps feature 2.497
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.396
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 7.786
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
And I disable the first tps feature 2.545
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.885
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.645
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.817
And the network is plugged 0.052
And Tor is ready 10.375
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.108
When I write some files expected to persist 0.999
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.338
# 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" 11.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.138
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 7.601
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 9.972
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.134
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.288
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.156
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 12.320
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.437
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.060
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036
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39.875
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 8.505
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.076
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.455
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:52.425
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 8.222
When I enable persistence 22.314
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.950
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.723
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.227
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.163
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.460
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.080
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.123
When I cold reboot the computer 6.049
And the computer reboots Tails 34.218
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.311
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.127
Given I enable persistence 13.116
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.299
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.849
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:9.421
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 8.555
# 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 28.936
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.231
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.228
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.469
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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38.472
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 8.355
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.833
Then persistence is disabled 0.085
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.449
And all notifications have disappeared 8.840
When I delete the persistent partition 2.633
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:20.696
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 8.293
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.054
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.366
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.771
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.475
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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56.620
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 8.565
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.997
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.774
And all notifications have disappeared 8.112
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.217
And all tps features are enabled 8.608
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:45.953
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 1:59.989
And I enable persistence 28.360
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.865
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.585
And persistence is enabled 8.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.270
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 7.703
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.068
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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45.561
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 8.788
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.309
When I enable persistence 14.451
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 10.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.938
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 22.186
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.697
When I try to enable persistence 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.588
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.089
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.168
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.103
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.292
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 8.534
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.205
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.260
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.030
When I log in to a new session 7.410
And all notifications have disappeared 7.142
# 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" 0.184
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.082
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.248
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.139
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.136
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 8.463
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.418
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.356
When I try to enable persistence 1.167
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.728
When I log in to a new session 8.296
And all notifications have disappeared 7.730
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.189
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000