Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 51 25 Sep 2026, 03:38

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 22:1.820 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:28.602
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:14.508
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.172
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.232
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.779
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 8.500
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.712
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.234
And persistence is disabled 0.103
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:29.940
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 8.231
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.278
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.093
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.107
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.461
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.488
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.209
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.004
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28.532
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 7.938
And the system is very low on memory 4.264
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.165
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.012
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.138
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.575
And I free up some memory 0.474
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.908
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.898
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 8.103
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.299
And all tps features are active 7.971
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.680
When I disable the first tps feature 2.529
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.268
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.202
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.423
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.419
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.004
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12.917
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 7.556
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.081
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.092
When I disable the first tps feature 2.512
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.066
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.405
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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12.955
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 7.544
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
And I disable the first tps feature 2.474
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.759
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.356
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 7.603
And the network is plugged 0.061
And Tor is ready 7.944
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.638
When I write some files expected to persist 0.993
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.138
# 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" 10.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.378
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.379
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 7.701
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 8.851
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.097
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.263
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.029
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 11.850
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.364
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.062
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047
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35.228
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.372
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.095
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.853
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 13.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.316
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 8.450
When I enable persistence 21.657
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.419
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.125
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.386
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.281
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.515
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.092
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.157
When I cold reboot the computer 5.782
And the computer reboots Tails 31.378
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.307
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.142
Given I enable persistence 12.783
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.247
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.434
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:1.405
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 8.123
# 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 26.949
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.304
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.434
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028
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35.920
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 8.097
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.027
Then persistence is disabled 0.071
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.030
And all notifications have disappeared 7.845
When I delete the persistent partition 2.626
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.221
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:14.615
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 7.967
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.195
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.240
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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52.236
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 7.919
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.782
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.521
And all notifications have disappeared 7.952
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.243
And all tps features are enabled 6.775
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:40.240
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 1:53.637
And I enable persistence 28.975
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.409
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.479
And persistence is enabled 9.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.886
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.403
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.013
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.469
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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41.061
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 8.329
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.214
When I enable persistence 14.402
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.036
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.309
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 7.770
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.723
When I try to enable persistence 1.270
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.769
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.216
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.169
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.040
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.238
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.082
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 7.668
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.767
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.234
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.021
When I log in to a new session 7.933
And all notifications have disappeared 7.015
# 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" 0.155
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.077
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.198
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.017
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.155
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 7.628
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.823
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.292
When I try to enable persistence 1.150
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.161
When I log in to a new session 7.806
And all notifications have disappeared 7.398
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.081
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000