Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 77 07 Oct 2026, 03:39

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 24:56.756 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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3:0.199
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 1:17.210
And I update the APT lists using apt 1:38.655
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.490
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.235
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 8.415
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.559
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.174
And persistence is disabled 0.089
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:31.972
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.548
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.310
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.287
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 5.427
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.090
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.155
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
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27.915
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.087
And the system is very low on memory 3.925
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.218
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.225
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.086
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.315
And I free up some memory 0.499
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.508
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:45.632
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 8.235
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.257
And all tps features are active 8.100
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.561
When I disable the first tps feature 2.468
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.416
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.474
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.874
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
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12.819
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 7.548
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.093
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I disable the first tps feature 2.511
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.040
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.028
When I enable the first tps feature 2.393
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.114
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 7.608
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
And I disable the first tps feature 2.478
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.840
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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44.212
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 7.722
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 12.773
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.502
When I write some files expected to persist 0.833
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.201
# 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" 11.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.848
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 7.666
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 10.106
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.127
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.445
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.662
And I capture all network traffic 0.009
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 12.263
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.357
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.058
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.063
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40.515
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.650
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.092
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.411
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:52.634
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.926
When I enable persistence 22.400
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.836
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.063
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.235
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.289
# 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 21.532
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.127
When I cold reboot the computer 5.934
And the computer reboots Tails 33.193
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.231
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.338
Given I enable persistence 15.547
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.085
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.281
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.889
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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2:24.868
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 21.610
# 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 27.684
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.958
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.507
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 25.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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38.514
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 8.491
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.599
Then persistence is disabled 0.083
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.544
And all notifications have disappeared 8.738
When I delete the persistent partition 2.777
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.279
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.686
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 8.628
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.108
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.313
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.460
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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57.726
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 8.449
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.256
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.360
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.643
And all notifications have disappeared 8.283
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.327
And all tps features are enabled 9.525
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:52.662
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
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 2:9.692
And I enable persistence 26.256
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.594
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.504
And persistence is enabled 7.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.371
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.611
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.302
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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42.138
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.414
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.021
When I enable persistence 14.263
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.395
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.973
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 8.177
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.982
When I try to enable persistence 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.180
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.273
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.199
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.217
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.049
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 8.341
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.735
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.208
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I log in to a new session 8.238
And all notifications have disappeared 6.458
# 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" 0.254
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.136
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.197
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.227
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.660
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 8.535
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.457
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.291
When I try to enable persistence 1.146
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.558
When I log in to a new session 8.095
And all notifications have disappeared 8.368
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.389
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000