Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 79 08 Oct 2026, 03:23

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 25:18.523 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:55.977
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 1:15.791
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.763
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.518
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.938
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 8.553
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.906
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.193
And persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.431
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 8.740
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.281
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.565
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.036
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.328
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.183
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.149
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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30.068
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 8.035
And the system is very low on memory 4.939
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.211
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.367
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.201
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.354
And I free up some memory 0.551
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.361
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:48.272
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 8.340
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.289
And all tps features are active 8.552
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.803
When I disable the first tps feature 2.473
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.072
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.093
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.994
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.072
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13.471
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 8.138
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.109
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I disable the first tps feature 2.479
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.066
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.028
When I enable the first tps feature 2.429
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.944
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 8.121
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
And I disable the first tps feature 2.567
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.076
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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45.643
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 8.197
And the network is plugged 0.049
And Tor is ready 13.102
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.917
When I write some files expected to persist 0.825
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.256
# 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" 11.293
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.712
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 7.851
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 8.101
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.105
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.170
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.149
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 11.767
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.315
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.080
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052
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37.502
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 8.437
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.079
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.509
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.475
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:49.776
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 8.436
When I enable persistence 22.272
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.627
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.076
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.312
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.298
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.512
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.196
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.169
When I cold reboot the computer 6.069
And the computer reboots Tails 33.036
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.178
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.115
Given I enable persistence 13.147
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.061
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.147
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.882
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042
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2:9.849
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 8.699
# 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 31.115
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.396
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.236
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.400
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.072
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38.373
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 8.266
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.334
Then persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.824
And all notifications have disappeared 7.914
When I delete the persistent partition 2.695
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:20.675
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 8.225
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.153
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.470
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.641
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.503
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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57.215
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 8.048
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.140
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.332
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.680
And all notifications have disappeared 7.931
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.221
And all tps features are enabled 6.686
And all tps features but the first one are active 10.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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4:39.852
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 3:51.798
And I enable persistence 29.750
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.245
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.621
And persistence is enabled 9.436
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.067
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 7.503
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.975
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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41.438
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 9.071
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.872
When I enable persistence 13.212
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.816
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 8.551
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.031
When I try to enable persistence 1.194
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.070
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.458
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.079
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.439
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 8.321
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.652
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 8.460
And all notifications have disappeared 7.232
# 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" 0.219
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.045
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.147
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.995
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.054
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 8.100
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.163
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.317
When I try to enable persistence 1.172
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.751
When I log in to a new session 8.331
And all notifications have disappeared 6.349
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.077
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000