Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 76 06 Oct 2026, 19:55

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 24:34.176 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:10.668
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 1:30.551
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.638
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.559
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.561
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 8.494
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.293
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.248
And persistence is disabled 0.084
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.441
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.929
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 9.078
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.306
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.096
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.002
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.434
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.760
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.160
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
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29.954
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 8.270
And the system is very low on memory 4.432
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.312
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.521
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.093
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.460
And I free up some memory 0.506
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.319
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.572
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 8.462
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.256
And all tps features are active 7.722
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.881
When I disable the first tps feature 2.541
Then all tps features but the first one are active 6.465
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.177
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.691
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.373
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
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13.458
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 7.994
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I disable the first tps feature 2.506
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.070
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.062
When I enable the first tps feature 2.496
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.094
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.400
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 7.953
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.050
And I disable the first tps feature 2.459
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.829
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.965
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 7.863
And the network is plugged 0.054
And Tor is ready 12.574
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.199
When I write some files expected to persist 1.044
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.391
# 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" 11.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.306
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.348
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 7.779
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 10.551
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.102
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.337
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.592
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 12.419
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.351
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.056
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.075
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39.652
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.611
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.108
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.618
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:54.368
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 8.726
When I enable persistence 22.911
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.970
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.005
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.354
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.285
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.555
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.967
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.140
When I cold reboot the computer 6.134
And the computer reboots Tails 33.414
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.272
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.111
Given I enable persistence 14.559
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.071
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.303
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.416
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
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2:13.838
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 8.157
# 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 27.522
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.554
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.233
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 26.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.319
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053
Tags: @product
39.810
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 8.438
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.162
Then persistence is disabled 0.101
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.539
And all notifications have disappeared 8.684
When I delete the persistent partition 2.614
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.268
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:17.597
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 8.573
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.070
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.401
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.364
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047
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58.623
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 8.502
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.073
When I try to enable persistence 1.248
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.677
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.300
And all notifications have disappeared 8.391
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.333
And all tps features are enabled 8.326
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:10.369
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 2:23.177
And I enable persistence 29.546
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.121
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.548
And persistence is enabled 9.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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33.450
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 7.578
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 25.357
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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44.960
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 8.904
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.609
When I enable persistence 15.654
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.033
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.784
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 8.740
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.947
When I try to enable persistence 1.273
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.987
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.279
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.427
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.287
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.805
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 8.695
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.070
When I try to enable persistence 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.780
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 8.292
And all notifications have disappeared 9.649
# 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" 0.180
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.406
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.191
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.198
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.055
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 8.070
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.866
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.353
When I try to enable persistence 1.172
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.087
When I log in to a new session 8.582
And all notifications have disappeared 6.729
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.176
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000