Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 56 28 Sep 2026, 17:21

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 23:59.359 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:50.128
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 1:36.242
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.834
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.269
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.169
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 8.963
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.930
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.242
And persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.715
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 9.382
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.421
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.114
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.465
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.611
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.434
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.162
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.448
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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30.867
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 8.681
And the system is very low on memory 4.517
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.220
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.470
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.137
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.468
And I free up some memory 0.516
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.801
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:4.007
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 22.180
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.254
And all tps features are active 7.937
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.401
When I disable the first tps feature 2.591
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.987
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.285
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.954
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.414
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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14.235
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 8.239
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.068
When I disable the first tps feature 3.025
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.058
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.041
When I enable the first tps feature 2.525
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.649
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 7.904
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.090
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
And I disable the first tps feature 2.527
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.014
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.354
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 8.054
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 9.893
And I take note of which tps features are available 8.225
When I write some files expected to persist 1.175
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.296
# 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" 12.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.394
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:46.159
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 7.852
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 9.795
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.207
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.483
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.383
And I capture all network traffic 0.008
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 12.709
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.419
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.076
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.067
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45.147
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 10.304
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.157
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.896
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 21.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:57.995
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 10.000
When I enable persistence 24.201
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.154
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.670
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.460
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.319
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.481
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.458
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.227
When I cold reboot the computer 6.282
And the computer reboots Tails 33.983
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.334
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.247
Given I enable persistence 13.864
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.083
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.167
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.895
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:9.623
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 9.012
# 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 28.140
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.420
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.350
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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37.591
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 8.014
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.730
Then persistence is disabled 0.082
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.606
And all notifications have disappeared 8.227
When I delete the persistent partition 2.639
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.811
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 7.936
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.084
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.534
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.039
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053
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56.418
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.109
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.072
When I try to enable persistence 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.368
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.652
And all notifications have disappeared 8.271
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.353
And all tps features are enabled 7.808
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:40.197
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 1:57.080
And I enable persistence 27.274
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.314
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.480
And persistence is enabled 8.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.519
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 7.407
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.607
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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41.725
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 8.889
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.062
When I enable persistence 13.531
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.040
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.280
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 8.442
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.152
When I try to enable persistence 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.547
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.138
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.311
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.168
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.962
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 7.782
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.068
When I try to enable persistence 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.984
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.139
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 8.147
And all notifications have disappeared 7.188
# 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" 0.197
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.092
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.220
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.186
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.798
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 7.806
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.206
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.300
When I try to enable persistence 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.035
When I log in to a new session 7.938
And all notifications have disappeared 7.409
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.196
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000