Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 60 30 Sep 2026, 03:17

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 22:52.151 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.899
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 1:15.948
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.088
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.185
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.774
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
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.174
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.226
And persistence is disabled 0.113
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:31.282
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 8.776
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.241
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.100
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.596
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.037
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.484
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.864
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.143
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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28.182
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 7.977
And the system is very low on memory 3.839
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.183
When I try to create a persistent partition 3.966
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.083
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.396
And I free up some memory 0.446
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.252
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:46.212
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 8.286
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.290
And all tps features are active 8.065
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.982
When I disable the first tps feature 2.492
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.795
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.217
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.949
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
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13.051
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 7.691
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.046
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I disable the first tps feature 2.504
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.085
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.051
When I enable the first tps feature 2.445
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.111
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 7.601
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
And I disable the first tps feature 2.453
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.870
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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42.734
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 7.814
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 9.938
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.275
When I write some files expected to persist 0.968
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.315
# 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" 11.384
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.582
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 7.928
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 9.404
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.133
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.439
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.090
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 10.942
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.416
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.048
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034
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37.713
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 8.706
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.108
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.005
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:48.567
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 8.748
When I enable persistence 22.159
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.876
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.433
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.364
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.317
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.491
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.325
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.112
When I cold reboot the computer 5.754
And the computer reboots Tails 32.513
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.180
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.102
Given I enable persistence 11.763
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.062
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.296
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.928
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
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2:3.787
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 7.995
# 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 28.028
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.452
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 59.840
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.471
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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36.651
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 7.784
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.431
Then persistence is disabled 0.082
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.335
And all notifications have disappeared 8.204
When I delete the persistent partition 2.596
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:15.764
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 7.727
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.045
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.270
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.536
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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52.093
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 7.759
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.150
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.975
And all notifications have disappeared 8.129
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.219
And all tps features are enabled 7.466
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:12.994
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 2:28.026
And I enable persistence 28.690
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.419
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.558
And persistence is enabled 9.298
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.333
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 7.305
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.592
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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41.482
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 8.421
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.240
When I enable persistence 14.285
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.041
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.494
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.768
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 7.801
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.763
When I try to enable persistence 1.242
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.505
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.081
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.243
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.208
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.096
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 7.722
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.098
When I try to enable persistence 1.138
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.321
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.093
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.021
When I log in to a new session 7.208
And all notifications have disappeared 8.161
# 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" 0.217
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.083
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.179
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.003
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.065
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 7.876
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.812
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.228
When I try to enable persistence 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.195
When I log in to a new session 6.856
And all notifications have disappeared 8.047
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.107
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000