Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 58 28 Sep 2026, 22:14

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 22:20.958 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.237
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 1:18.261
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.031
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.290
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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39.165
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 21.608
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.139
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.174
And persistence is disabled 0.064
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.746
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 21.564
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.227
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.118
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.553
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.929
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.174
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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28.598
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 7.994
And the system is very low on memory 4.865
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.127
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.419
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.097
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.342
And I free up some memory 0.482
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.217
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.678
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 8.211
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.248
And all tps features are active 7.753
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.448
When I disable the first tps feature 2.442
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.625
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.254
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.909
Then all tps features but the first one are active 6.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
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13.145
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 7.919
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I disable the first tps feature 2.479
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.045
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.034
When I enable the first tps feature 2.409
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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12.847
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 7.407
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
And I disable the first tps feature 2.439
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.842
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.368
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 7.633
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 8.943
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.373
When I write some files expected to persist 0.911
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.143
# 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" 11.331
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.369
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.048
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 7.613
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 9.265
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.108
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.203
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.509
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 10.755
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.369
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.056
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042
Tags: @product
36.948
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 8.266
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.070
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 10.865
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:42.933
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 8.594
When I enable persistence 20.957
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.191
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.500
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.381
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.338
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.482
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.298
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.115
When I cold reboot the computer 4.564
And the computer reboots Tails 31.783
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.206
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.107
Given I enable persistence 11.740
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.070
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.293
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.150
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
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2:2.343
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 8.349
# 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 27.462
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.351
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.227
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
36.150
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 8.182
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.955
Then persistence is disabled 0.077
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.192
And all notifications have disappeared 7.907
When I delete the persistent partition 2.603
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:17.476
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 7.913
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.047
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.426
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.904
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
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52.812
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 7.956
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.152
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.003
And all notifications have disappeared 8.442
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.276
And all tps features are enabled 7.557
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:37.965
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 1:57.586
And I enable persistence 25.275
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.825
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.517
And persistence is enabled 7.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.631
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 7.391
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.782
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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38.174
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 8.357
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.011
When I enable persistence 11.997
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.035
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.480
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.928
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 7.947
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.395
When I try to enable persistence 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.553
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.203
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.167
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.092
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.087
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.277
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 7.944
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.133
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.768
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 7.043
And all notifications have disappeared 6.984
# 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" 0.106
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.109
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.218
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.024
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 1.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.481
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 7.964
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.746
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.284
When I try to enable persistence 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.490
When I log in to a new session 6.754
And all notifications have disappeared 7.181
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.037
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000