Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 7 22 Aug 2026, 03:15

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 22:16.202 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.563
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 1:18.058
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.522
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.276
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.036
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 8.331
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.512
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.219
And persistence is disabled 0.106
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:30.852
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 8.418
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.357
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.801
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.308
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.638
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.154
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
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28.662
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 7.968
And the system is very low on memory 4.703
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.205
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.392
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.161
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.337
And I free up some memory 0.635
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.221
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.495
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 8.179
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.248
And all tps features are active 7.913
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.473
When I disable the first tps feature 2.492
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.313
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.381
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.368
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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13.327
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 8.002
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.105
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 2.513
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.050
When I enable the first tps feature 2.410
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.968
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 7.472
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
And I disable the first tps feature 2.498
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.839
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.114
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 7.471
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 9.836
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.701
When I write some files expected to persist 0.815
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.139
# 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" 11.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.584
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 7.741
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 8.411
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.101
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.394
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.860
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 11.494
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.330
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.060
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050
Tags: @product
36.983
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.316
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.063
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.100
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:44.900
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 8.431
When I enable persistence 21.168
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.487
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.004
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.235
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.310
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.427
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.478
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.133
When I cold reboot the computer 5.740
And the computer reboots Tails 31.797
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.379
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.245
Given I enable persistence 12.154
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.276
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.441
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
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2:4.472
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 8.125
# 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 28.491
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.370
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.002
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
37.872
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 8.264
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.049
Then persistence is disabled 0.068
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.282
And all notifications have disappeared 8.293
When I delete the persistent partition 2.605
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.384
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 7.910
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.047
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.593
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.647
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.185
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
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56.094
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 8.222
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.044
When I try to enable persistence 1.155
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.857
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.627
And all notifications have disappeared 7.767
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.206
And all tps features are enabled 7.420
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:39.021
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 1:57.679
And I enable persistence 25.514
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.349
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.466
And persistence is enabled 8.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.697
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 7.428
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.824
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.445
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.683
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 8.320
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.939
When I enable persistence 13.655
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.868
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 7.861
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.700
When I try to enable persistence 1.230
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.294
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.130
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.267
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.222
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.955
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 7.781
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.170
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.234
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.216
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 7.645
And all notifications have disappeared 8.598
# 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" 0.096
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.113
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.138
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.106
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.660
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 7.745
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.112
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.347
When I try to enable persistence 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.088
When I log in to a new session 7.771
And all notifications have disappeared 6.542
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.104
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000