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test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 73 06 Oct 2026, 13:49

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 25:46.936 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:4.585
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 1:21.785
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.293
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.781
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.658
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 8.803
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.870
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.242
And persistence is disabled 0.101
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.524
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.757
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 9.050
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.281
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.013
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.435
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.662
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.151
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
30.197
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 8.313
And the system is very low on memory 4.051
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.263
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.893
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.091
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.379
And I free up some memory 0.447
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.671
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:52.633
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 8.433
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.379
And all tps features are active 11.217
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.925
When I disable the first tps feature 2.487
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.516
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.837
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.920
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
13.979
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 8.552
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.107
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.041
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I disable the first tps feature 2.629
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.046
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.032
When I enable the first tps feature 2.414
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.045
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.493
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 7.823
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.078
And I disable the first tps feature 2.615
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.863
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.329
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 7.653
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 12.618
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.835
When I write some files expected to persist 1.149
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.492
# 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" 11.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.465
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.385
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 7.709
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 11.820
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.119
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.026
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.383
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 10.714
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.334
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.066
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.083
Tags: @product
38.754
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.227
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.066
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.239
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:53.042
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 8.735
When I enable persistence 23.008
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.406
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.264
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.308
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.418
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.529
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.121
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.136
When I cold reboot the computer 5.955
And the computer reboots Tails 33.692
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.215
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.152
Given I enable persistence 13.303
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.073
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.331
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.258
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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2:8.881
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 enabled and logged in 8.569
# 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 29.365
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.226
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.635
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
39.269
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 8.337
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.369
Then persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.934
And all notifications have disappeared 8.541
When I delete the persistent partition 2.652
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.343
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:21.524
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.163
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.062
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.848
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.233
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
58.570
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 7.961
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.265
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.610
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.171
And all notifications have disappeared 8.761
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.301
And all tps features are enabled 7.833
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
4:20.864
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 3:26.346
And I enable persistence 30.204
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.279
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.602
And persistence is enabled 15.430
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.950
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 7.918
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.486
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.550
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 8.494
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.187
When I enable persistence 13.992
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.038
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.145
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 8.604
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.836
When I try to enable persistence 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.867
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.281
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.199
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.247
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
55.629
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 21.483
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.980
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.290
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I log in to a new session 9.800
And all notifications have disappeared 6.898
# 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" 0.275
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.155
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.246
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.306
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.732
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 8.217
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.452
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.352
When I try to enable persistence 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.346
When I log in to a new session 7.651
And all notifications have disappeared 7.480
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.157
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000