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test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 74 06 Oct 2026, 13:52

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 24:54.702 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:2.738
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 1:20.062
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.342
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.614
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.506
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 8.884
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.622
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.218
And persistence is disabled 0.107
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.746
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 9.077
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.282
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.101
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.168
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.479
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.296
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.242
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048
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44.146
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 21.916
And the system is very low on memory 4.206
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.222
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.700
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.144
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.382
And I free up some memory 0.430
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.067
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:52.999
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 8.610
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.283
And all tps features are active 8.411
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.834
When I disable the first tps feature 2.657
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.956
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.944
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.228
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
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14.238
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.848
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.110
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.065
When I disable the first tps feature 2.558
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.046
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.038
When I enable the first tps feature 2.402
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.863
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.995
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
And I disable the first tps feature 2.648
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.018
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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46.299
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.690
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 13.289
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.979
When I write some files expected to persist 1.138
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.374
# 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" 11.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.433
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.811
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 7.722
And the network is plugged 0.044
And Tor is ready 9.438
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 5.330
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.064
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.090
And Tor is ready 12.466
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.353
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.061
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.065
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43.166
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 8.942
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.096
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.416
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:4.785
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 8.833
When I enable persistence 23.523
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.168
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.350
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.385
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.315
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.511
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.011
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.116
When I cold reboot the computer 6.191
And the computer reboots Tails 34.971
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.222
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.135
Given I enable persistence 22.600
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.073
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.291
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.961
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.074
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2:19.932
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 8.753
# 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 28.674
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.146
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:12.302
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 26.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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38.790
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 8.429
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.768
Then persistence is disabled 0.122
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.412
And all notifications have disappeared 8.191
When I delete the persistent partition 2.603
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:22.675
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 8.323
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.067
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.372
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.713
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
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59.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.953
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.067
When I try to enable persistence 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.227
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.728
And all notifications have disappeared 8.058
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.320
And all tps features are enabled 7.765
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.761
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 2:4.730
And I enable persistence 29.079
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.570
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.548
And persistence is enabled 8.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.794
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 7.650
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.473
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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42.185
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 8.839
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.429
When I enable persistence 13.883
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.519
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.798
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.742
When I try to enable persistence 1.338
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.493
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.212
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.422
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.102
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.184
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 8.503
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.539
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.238
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 9.007
And all notifications have disappeared 8.293
# 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" 0.190
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.108
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.155
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.056
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.551
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 8.754
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.357
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.440
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.563
When I log in to a new session 7.860
And all notifications have disappeared 7.358
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.265
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000