Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 57 28 Sep 2026, 18:54

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 21:59.137 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:27.182
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 1:13.686
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.643
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.202
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.480
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.529
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.479
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.280
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.246
And persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:30.458
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 8.480
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.266
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.445
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.090
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.203
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.708
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.147
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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27.974
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 7.932
And the system is very low on memory 3.788
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.216
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.399
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.094
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.379
And I free up some memory 0.431
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.684
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:54.028
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 21.075
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.198
And all tps features are active 7.596
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.540
When I disable the first tps feature 2.474
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.163
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.172
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.498
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032
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13.173
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 7.892
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I disable the first tps feature 2.476
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.063
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.019
When I enable the first tps feature 2.450
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.977
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 7.583
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.044
And I disable the first tps feature 2.428
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.807
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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40.401
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 7.519
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 9.361
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.265
When I write some files expected to persist 1.025
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.245
# 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" 10.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.330
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.412
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 7.550
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 7.879
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.112
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.172
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.479
And I capture all network traffic 0.016
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 11.652
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.311
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.060
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.067
Tags: @product
35.823
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 8.142
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.084
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.117
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.478
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:44.404
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 8.258
When I enable persistence 20.794
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.828
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.176
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.202
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.138
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.494
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.703
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.094
When I cold reboot the computer 5.796
And the computer reboots Tails 31.603
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.232
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.232
Given I enable persistence 12.247
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.093
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.276
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.119
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:0.571
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 7.988
# 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 26.307
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.436
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.131
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043
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34.997
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 8.281
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.315
Then persistence is disabled 0.092
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.219
And all notifications have disappeared 6.478
When I delete the persistent partition 2.568
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:17.384
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 8.069
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.057
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.279
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.804
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.067
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52.363
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 7.935
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.143
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.405
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.815
And all notifications have disappeared 8.095
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.236
And all tps features are enabled 7.302
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:32.034
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 1:52.676
And I enable persistence 24.908
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.730
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.490
And persistence is enabled 7.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.985
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 7.331
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.151
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.904
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 8.239
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.550
When I enable persistence 12.317
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.038
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.177
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 8.191
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 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.276
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.091
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.104
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.146
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.783
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 7.902
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.141
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.742
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 0.028
When I log in to a new session 7.997
And all notifications have disappeared 7.360
# 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" 0.114
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.101
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.129
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.996
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.568
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 8.136
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.150
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.246
When I try to enable persistence 1.146
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.361
When I log in to a new session 7.783
And all notifications have disappeared 6.959
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 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000