Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 54 28 Sep 2026, 03:25

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 21:54.930 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.300
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 1:15.814
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.601
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.219
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.157
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 8.487
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.009
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.214
And persistence is disabled 0.140
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.305
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:30.275
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 8.512
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.407
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.129
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.162
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.712
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.184
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031
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28.528
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 7.960
And the system is very low on memory 4.165
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.219
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.448
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.145
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.323
And I free up some memory 0.529
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.688
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.764
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 8.042
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.309
And all tps features are active 7.695
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.651
When I disable the first tps feature 2.457
Then all tps features but the first one are active 6.863
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.500
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.678
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
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12.607
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 7.815
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I disable the first tps feature 2.481
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.061
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.036
When I enable the first tps feature 1.948
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.976
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 7.533
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
And I disable the first tps feature 2.443
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.839
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.951
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 7.590
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 9.455
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.534
When I write some files expected to persist 0.988
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.305
# 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" 11.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.325
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.312
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 0.039
And Tor is ready 8.080
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.091
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.177
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.186
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 11.448
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.366
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.071
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051
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36.239
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 8.286
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.096
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 10.741
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:43.810
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 8.179
When I enable persistence 20.898
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.506
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.675
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.319
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" 4.424
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.690
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.115
When I cold reboot the computer 5.810
And the computer reboots Tails 31.573
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.215
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.103
Given I enable persistence 12.214
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.102
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.305
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.279
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.004
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2:4.791
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 7.954
# 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 28.284
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.139
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.689
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
36.611
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 8.119
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.630
Then persistence is disabled 0.098
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.262
And all notifications have disappeared 7.607
When I delete the persistent partition 2.676
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:15.066
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 8.083
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.051
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.239
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.503
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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52.284
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.751
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.715
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.120
And all notifications have disappeared 7.658
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.221
And all tps features are enabled 7.034
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:35.541
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 1:55.846
And I enable persistence 24.741
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.893
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.524
And persistence is enabled 7.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.462
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.470
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 7.317
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.700
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.453
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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37.340
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 8.087
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.654
When I enable persistence 12.219
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.036
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.342
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.008
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 7.829
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.770
When I try to enable persistence 1.203
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.341
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.240
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.134
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.042
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.207
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.926
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 7.860
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.843
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.022
When I log in to a new session 8.103
And all notifications have disappeared 7.273
# 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" 0.191
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.117
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.127
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.972
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.964
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 7.873
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.191
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.238
When I try to enable persistence 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.613
When I log in to a new session 7.759
And all notifications have disappeared 8.191
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.018
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000