Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 64 03 Oct 2026, 03:19

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 23:1.047 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:57.584
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 1:17.292
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.576
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.779
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.235
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 8.349
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.247
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.236
And persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.321
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:31.338
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 8.360
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.278
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.436
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.396
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.543
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.146
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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28.145
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.923
And the system is very low on memory 4.119
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.187
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.269
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.087
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.405
And I free up some memory 0.401
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.692
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:54.008
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 21.309
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.281
And all tps features are active 7.354
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.756
When I disable the first tps feature 2.526
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.313
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.223
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.782
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.460
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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12.923
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 7.770
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I disable the first tps feature 2.426
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.041
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.028
When I enable the first tps feature 2.404
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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12.958
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 enabled and logged in 7.542
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
And I disable the first tps feature 2.470
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.790
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.619
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 7.747
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 13.159
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.480
When I write some files expected to persist 1.070
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.388
# 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" 11.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.520
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
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 8.608
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.185
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.401
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.336
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 12.561
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.380
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.058
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.061
Tags: @product
36.979
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 8.226
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.067
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.354
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.331
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:56.005
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 21.404
When I enable persistence 19.830
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.299
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.475
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.397
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.277
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.556
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.483
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.111
When I cold reboot the computer 5.944
And the computer reboots Tails 31.141
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.300
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.111
Given I enable persistence 13.004
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.071
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.270
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.190
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
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2:3.728
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 8.455
# 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 26.176
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.425
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.556
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
37.949
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 8.350
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.620
Then persistence is disabled 0.082
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.686
And all notifications have disappeared 8.393
When I delete the persistent partition 2.592
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:16.654
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 7.694
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.049
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.467
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.206
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.064
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53.139
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 8.560
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.121
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.347
And all notifications have disappeared 8.054
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.254
And all tps features are enabled 7.632
And all tps features but the first one are active 6.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:32.479
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 1:52.393
And I enable persistence 24.453
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.557
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.469
And persistence is enabled 7.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.619
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 7.360
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.776
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.512
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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37.400
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 8.482
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.858
When I enable persistence 12.398
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.715
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 8.263
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.134
When I try to enable persistence 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.330
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.155
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.148
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.081
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.359
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 7.882
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.172
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.345
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.128
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 8.290
And all notifications have disappeared 8.366
# 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" 0.133
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.067
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.116
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.051
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.397
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.679
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 7.851
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.361
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.319
When I try to enable persistence 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.201
When I log in to a new session 7.957
And all notifications have disappeared 8.668
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.313
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000