Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 82 09 Oct 2026, 03:21

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 22:52.949 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:57.515
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 1:17.384
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.885
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.454
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.274
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
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.256
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.197
And persistence is disabled 0.077
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.420
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:46.263
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 21.711
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.255
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.084
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.485
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.393
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.032
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.168
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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28.382
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 8.543
And the system is very low on memory 4.185
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.145
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.517
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 2.342
And I free up some memory 0.453
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.066
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:46.662
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 8.317
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.354
And all tps features are active 7.719
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.677
When I disable the first tps feature 2.577
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.022
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.680
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.640
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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12.865
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 7.617
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I disable the first tps feature 2.448
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.059
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.029
When I enable the first tps feature 2.435
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.167
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 7.729
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
And I disable the first tps feature 2.473
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.821
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.352
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 7.552
And the network is plugged 0.067
And Tor is ready 12.704
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.976
When I write some files expected to persist 0.970
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.136
# 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" 10.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.883
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 7.706
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 8.077
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.124
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.400
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.186
And I capture all network traffic 0.020
And the network is plugged 0.055
And Tor is ready 11.750
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.376
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.057
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059
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36.785
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.517
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.137
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 10.526
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:48.200
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 8.234
When I enable persistence 20.708
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.004
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.105
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.402
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.292
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.471
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.798
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.126
When I cold reboot the computer 7.238
And the computer reboots Tails 32.461
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.330
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.303
Given I enable persistence 12.958
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.059
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.277
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.315
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:5.337
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 8.252
# 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 30.634
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.180
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.768
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
Tags: @product
37.542
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 8.502
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.530
Then persistence is disabled 0.092
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.639
And all notifications have disappeared 7.923
When I delete the persistent partition 2.643
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:16.192
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 8.193
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.054
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.205
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.537
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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54.442
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 8.308
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.045
When I try to enable persistence 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.840
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.521
And all notifications have disappeared 8.414
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.196
And all tps features are enabled 7.539
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.377
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:32.269
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 1:52.201
And I enable persistence 24.691
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.244
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.501
And persistence is enabled 7.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.375
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 7.189
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.690
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.494
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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38.613
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 8.428
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.392
When I enable persistence 12.795
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.032
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.735
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
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 9.308
When I try to enable persistence 1.248
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.467
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.123
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.094
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.483
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 7.733
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.600
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.254
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 7.653
And all notifications have disappeared 7.572
# 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" 0.202
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.114
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.182
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.096
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.603
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 7.848
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.773
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.288
When I try to enable persistence 1.229
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.439
When I log in to a new session 7.232
And all notifications have disappeared 6.862
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.092
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000