Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 66 05 Oct 2026, 03:24

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 23:45.801 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:9.999
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 1:29.696
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.443
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.629
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.355
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 8.226
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.576
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.182
And persistence is disabled 0.077
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.156
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 8.559
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.246
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.093
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.552
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.039
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.227
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.231
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.159
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044
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29.577
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.980
And the system is very low on memory 4.467
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.161
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.417
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.163
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.393
And I free up some memory 0.459
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.489
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:50.251
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 8.816
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.284
And all tps features are active 7.674
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.702
When I disable the first tps feature 2.452
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.924
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.691
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.323
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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13.225
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 7.958
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.035
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I disable the first tps feature 2.491
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.040
When I enable the first tps feature 2.418
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.138
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 7.647
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.069
And I disable the first tps feature 2.494
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.826
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.648
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 8.262
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 11.864
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.366
When I write some files expected to persist 1.150
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.221
# 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" 11.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.129
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 7.850
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 8.396
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 5.332
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.651
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 11.108
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.352
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.069
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.086
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38.656
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 8.399
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 12.527
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:53.795
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 8.456
When I enable persistence 22.429
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.779
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.390
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.378
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.281
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.506
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.828
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.131
When I cold reboot the computer 5.837
And the computer reboots Tails 34.641
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.313
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.241
Given I enable persistence 13.659
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.089
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.156
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.572
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036
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2:9.300
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 8.340
# 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 30.578
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.221
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.950
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055
Tags: @product
37.854
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 8.269
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.400
Then persistence is disabled 0.073
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.308
And all notifications have disappeared 7.882
When I delete the persistent partition 2.642
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.267
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 8.424
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.067
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.287
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.209
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product
59.832
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 8.455
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.043
When I try to enable persistence 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.911
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.172
And all notifications have disappeared 8.767
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.282
And all tps features are enabled 8.147
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:43.691
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 2:0.221
And I enable persistence 26.587
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.879
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.577
And persistence is enabled 8.425
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.035
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 7.352
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.117
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.083
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 8.529
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.288
When I enable persistence 12.660
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.038
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.035
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 8.403
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.846
When I try to enable persistence 1.210
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.963
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.216
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.525
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.193
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.008
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 8.502
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.172
When I try to enable persistence 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.277
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.125
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.038
When I log in to a new session 8.891
And all notifications have disappeared 8.477
# 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" 0.100
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.083
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.150
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.097
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.760
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 8.246
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.318
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.284
When I try to enable persistence 1.202
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.656
When I log in to a new session 8.742
And all notifications have disappeared 7.446
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.147
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.331
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000