Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 59 29 Sep 2026, 03:12

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 22:13.698 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:28.574
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 1:15.353
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.348
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.212
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.006
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 8.390
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.551
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.208
And persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:30.464
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 8.351
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.277
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.097
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.971
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.040
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.362
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.177
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.148
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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28.265
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 8.033
And the system is very low on memory 3.751
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.162
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.515
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.118
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.405
And I free up some memory 0.506
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.734
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.888
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 8.104
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.235
And all tps features are active 7.672
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.666
When I disable the first tps feature 2.446
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.598
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.275
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.042
Then all tps features but the first one are active 6.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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13.019
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 7.813
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.048
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.074
When I disable the first tps feature 2.449
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.058
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.058
When I enable the first tps feature 2.357
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.966
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 7.443
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
And I disable the first tps feature 2.517
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.815
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.753
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 7.482
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 9.017
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.694
When I write some files expected to persist 0.982
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.355
# 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" 11.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.310
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 7.536
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 9.310
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.095
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.167
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.599
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 11.937
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.393
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.093
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.076
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35.450
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 8.253
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.066
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.419
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:45.958
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 8.486
When I enable persistence 20.121
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.415
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.219
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.476
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.290
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.525
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.841
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.140
When I cold reboot the computer 5.809
And the computer reboots Tails 32.698
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.289
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.102
Given I enable persistence 12.496
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.090
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.281
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.508
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:3.438
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 8.176
# 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 28.158
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.186
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.373
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043
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37.786
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 8.209
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.386
Then persistence is disabled 0.082
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.822
And all notifications have disappeared 8.378
When I delete the persistent partition 2.619
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:16.209
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 7.826
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.043
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.364
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.764
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
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52.702
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 8.257
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.040
When I try to enable persistence 1.145
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.893
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.271
And all notifications have disappeared 7.606
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.236
And all tps features are enabled 7.338
And all tps features but the first one are active 6.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:37.052
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 1:56.828
And I enable persistence 25.104
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.371
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.495
And persistence is enabled 7.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.805
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.462
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.857
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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37.457
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 8.316
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.108
When I enable persistence 12.158
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.724
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 8.240
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.185
When I try to enable persistence 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.348
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.330
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.170
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.068
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.229
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.958
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 8.014
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.045
When I try to enable persistence 1.125
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.855
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.212
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 7.760
And all notifications have disappeared 7.831
# 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" 0.163
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.074
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.157
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.995
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
51.905
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 21.517
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.358
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.305
When I try to enable persistence 1.170
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.228
When I log in to a new session 7.472
And all notifications have disappeared 6.874
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.049
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000