Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 70 05 Oct 2026, 19:19

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 22:34.677 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:2.896
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 1:19.675
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.816
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.549
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.683
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 9.126
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.801
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.178
And persistence is disabled 0.079
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:27.647
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 8.445
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.245
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.494
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.961
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.198
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.143
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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28.170
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 7.933
And the system is very low on memory 3.977
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.177
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.203
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.097
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.449
And I free up some memory 0.413
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.862
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.004
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 8.111
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.248
And all tps features are active 7.202
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.655
When I disable the first tps feature 2.502
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.924
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.233
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.555
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028
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13.104
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 7.861
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.050
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I disable the first tps feature 2.415
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.045
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.049
When I enable the first tps feature 2.460
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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12.902
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 7.555
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.042
And I disable the first tps feature 2.427
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.770
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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42.951
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 7.507
And the network is plugged 0.044
And Tor is ready 11.659
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.677
When I write some files expected to persist 0.836
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.232
# 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" 10.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.317
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.861
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 7.671
And the network is plugged 0.044
And Tor is ready 9.525
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.123
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.252
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.489
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 12.144
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.421
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.055
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041
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36.485
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 8.386
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.078
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.174
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:45.100
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.374
When I enable persistence 20.522
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.745
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.829
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.199
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.133
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.473
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.683
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.123
When I cold reboot the computer 5.892
And the computer reboots Tails 31.661
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.188
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.102
Given I enable persistence 13.134
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.063
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.278
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.613
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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2:1.879
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 8.221
# 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 26.696
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.193
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.289
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.479
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
38.190
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 8.288
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.319
Then persistence is disabled 0.062
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.082
And all notifications have disappeared 8.450
When I delete the persistent partition 2.762
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:14.228
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 7.669
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.044
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.185
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.155
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049
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53.792
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 8.206
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.780
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.215
And all notifications have disappeared 8.535
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.200
And all tps features are enabled 7.465
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:36.592
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 1:56.390
And I enable persistence 24.764
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.404
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.428
And persistence is enabled 7.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.137
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 7.391
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.314
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.430
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
36.724
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 8.448
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.130
When I enable persistence 12.026
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.038
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.823
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 8.090
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.102
When I try to enable persistence 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.472
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.221
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.109
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.231
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.461
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 7.738
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.145
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.698
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.234
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.022
When I log in to a new session 8.133
And all notifications have disappeared 8.109
# 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" 0.200
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.092
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.179
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.063
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.037
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 7.720
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.825
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.300
When I try to enable persistence 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.301
When I log in to a new session 7.859
And all notifications have disappeared 6.786
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.133
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000