Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 83 10 Oct 2026, 03:25

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 23:22.253 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:0.507
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 1:17.141
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.931
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.636
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.799
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 8.281
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.281
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.182
And persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.154
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 8.356
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.247
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.096
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.282
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.067
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.544
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.397
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.130
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048
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29.822
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.139
And the system is very low on memory 3.901
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.363
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.432
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.141
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.448
And I free up some memory 0.521
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.815
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:50.127
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 8.706
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.303
And all tps features are active 9.600
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.607
When I disable the first tps feature 2.450
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.691
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.249
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.530
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
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12.971
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 7.626
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.091
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I disable the first tps feature 2.508
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.044
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.033
When I enable the first tps feature 2.447
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.054
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 7.589
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.039
And I disable the first tps feature 2.451
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.821
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.789
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 7.511
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 13.040
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.130
When I write some files expected to persist 0.998
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.502
# 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" 11.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.152
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 7.854
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 9.898
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.186
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.569
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.878
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 12.134
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.392
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.066
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047
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41.186
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 8.786
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.102
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.050
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:53.134
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 8.585
When I enable persistence 22.218
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.198
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.341
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.220
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.153
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.432
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.019
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.138
When I cold reboot the computer 5.899
And the computer reboots Tails 34.385
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.198
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.240
Given I enable persistence 14.812
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.105
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.331
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.690
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:3.710
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 8.380
# 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 27.296
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.858
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.872
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
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36.877
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 8.122
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.504
Then persistence is disabled 0.073
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.306
And all notifications have disappeared 7.952
When I delete the persistent partition 2.651
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.303
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 8.432
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.038
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.499
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.135
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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56.607
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 8.393
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.241
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.713
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.125
And all notifications have disappeared 8.211
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.281
And all tps features are enabled 8.485
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:41.486
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 1:59.643
And I enable persistence 25.398
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.211
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.532
And persistence is enabled 7.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.796
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 7.664
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.638
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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40.170
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 8.349
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.346
When I enable persistence 13.292
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.096
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.503
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.151
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 7.770
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.109
When I try to enable persistence 1.299
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.276
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.102
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.098
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.224
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.464
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.399
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 7.853
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.193
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.199
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 8.608
And all notifications have disappeared 7.739
# 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" 0.300
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.115
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.223
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.187
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.049
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 8.160
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.428
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.364
When I try to enable persistence 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.282
When I log in to a new session 8.500
And all notifications have disappeared 6.307
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.057
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000