Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 6 21 Aug 2026, 16:15

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 24:41.667 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.066
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 1:22.128
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.830
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.234
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.948
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 8.938
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.400
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.206
And persistence is disabled 0.078
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.325
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.933
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 9.603
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.293
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.085
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.407
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.033
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.127
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.077
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.209
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
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31.643
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.693
And the system is very low on memory 4.687
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.184
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.792
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.185
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.471
And I free up some memory 0.709
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.874
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:58.535
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 8.583
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.347
And all tps features are active 8.933
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.668
When I disable the first tps feature 2.551
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.423
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.099
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.940
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.941
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 8.351
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.085
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.107
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.091
When I disable the first tps feature 2.581
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.075
When I enable the first tps feature 2.484
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
14.059
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 8.319
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.090
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
And I disable the first tps feature 2.588
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.946
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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43.925
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 8.318
And the network is plugged 0.050
And Tor is ready 9.690
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.350
When I write some files expected to persist 1.255
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.343
# 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" 11.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.420
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:46.284
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 7.762
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 10.614
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.196
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.581
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.731
And I capture all network traffic 0.024
And the network is plugged 0.120
And Tor is ready 11.638
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.390
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.087
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.092
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40.930
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 8.939
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.086
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.762
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:8.564
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 12.518
When I enable persistence 30.890
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.464
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.647
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.316
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.197
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.537
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.981
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.208
When I cold reboot the computer 6.659
And the computer reboots Tails 34.206
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.236
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.130
Given I enable persistence 14.311
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.078
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.322
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.714
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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2:19.847
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 8.646
# 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 33.330
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.402
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:11.199
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.268
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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40.477
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 8.544
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.538
Then persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.497
And all notifications have disappeared 8.712
When I delete the persistent partition 2.783
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.319
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:21.411
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 8.666
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.060
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.977
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.492
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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1:0.616
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 8.343
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.038
When I try to enable persistence 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.767
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.377
And all notifications have disappeared 8.503
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.277
And all tps features are enabled 9.040
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.996
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 2:6.057
And I enable persistence 28.781
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.842
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.463
And persistence is enabled 7.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.755
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 7.912
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 25.234
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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48.049
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.990
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 13.291
When I enable persistence 13.877
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.724
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.840
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.326
When I try to enable persistence 1.291
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.294
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.233
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.109
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.113
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.464
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.152
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 8.926
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.149
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.328
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.299
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.040
When I log in to a new session 8.872
And all notifications have disappeared 8.030
# 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 0.113
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.200
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.852
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.802
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 9.578
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.248
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.316
When I try to enable persistence 1.234
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.946
When I log in to a new session 8.728
And all notifications have disappeared 7.418
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.345
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000