Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 63 02 Oct 2026, 03:21

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 24:7.940 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:57.702
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.329
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.868
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.572
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.786
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 8.233
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.625
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.197
And persistence is disabled 0.068
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:32.144
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 8.817
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.410
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.095
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.326
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.310
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.940
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.149
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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28.780
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 7.852
And the system is very low on memory 3.889
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.153
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.483
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.092
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.383
And I free up some memory 0.452
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.428
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:48.172
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 8.376
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.305
And all tps features are active 8.384
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.952
When I disable the first tps feature 2.573
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.454
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.252
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.705
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
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12.911
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 7.623
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.067
When I disable the first tps feature 2.491
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.043
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.034
When I enable the first tps feature 2.430
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.044
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.208
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 7.756
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
And I disable the first tps feature 2.469
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.817
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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44.997
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 7.895
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 12.086
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.877
When I write some files expected to persist 1.096
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.320
# 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" 11.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.771
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 7.716
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 9.647
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.135
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.611
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.621
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 12.370
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.386
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.086
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054
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50.681
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 22.217
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.126
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.041
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:47.772
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 8.394
When I enable persistence 22.734
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.872
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.944
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.351
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.129
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.490
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.644
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.088
When I cold reboot the computer 5.721
And the computer reboots Tails 32.509
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.319
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.105
Given I enable persistence 12.133
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.065
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.292
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.844
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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2:3.096
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 enabled and logged in 8.070
# 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 28.717
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.142
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.225
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
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36.449
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 8.068
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.653
Then persistence is disabled 0.079
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.859
And all notifications have disappeared 8.000
When I delete the persistent partition 2.539
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:14.131
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 7.996
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.052
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.205
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.705
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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54.634
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 8.132
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.041
When I try to enable persistence 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.439
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.713
And all notifications have disappeared 8.387
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.284
And all tps features are enabled 7.259
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:46.858
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 3:1.175
And I enable persistence 29.054
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.851
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.448
And persistence is enabled 9.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.023
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 7.417
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.191
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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37.046
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 8.517
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.268
When I enable persistence 12.253
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.035
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.126
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 8.244
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.177
When I try to enable persistence 1.237
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.457
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.223
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.302
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.088
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.259
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.163
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 8.007
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.043
When I try to enable persistence 1.142
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.491
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.172
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.019
When I log in to a new session 7.328
And all notifications have disappeared 6.755
# 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" 0.150
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.092
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.160
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.091
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
36.480
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 7.997
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.967
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.247
When I try to enable persistence 1.257
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.133
When I log in to a new session 7.359
And all notifications have disappeared 6.560
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.078
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000