Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 84 11 Oct 2026, 03:26

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 22:39.298 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:57.821
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 1:17.377
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.916
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.599
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.734
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 8.365
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.803
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.202
And persistence is disabled 0.073
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:29.989
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 8.315
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.256
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.079
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.330
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.032
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.189
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.607
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.146
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032
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29.019
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 8.044
And the system is very low on memory 4.222
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.184
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.283
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.107
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.450
And I free up some memory 0.435
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.255
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.271
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 8.168
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.263
And all tps features are active 7.503
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.524
When I disable the first tps feature 2.404
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.506
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.174
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.032
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
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13.064
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 7.824
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I disable the first tps feature 2.424
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.045
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.030
When I enable the first tps feature 2.410
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.044
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.168
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 7.714
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.081
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.049
And I disable the first tps feature 2.467
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.822
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.918
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 7.572
And the network is plugged 0.045
And Tor is ready 12.522
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.423
When I write some files expected to persist 0.841
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.473
# 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" 11.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.349
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:34.313
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 7.572
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 8.063
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.107
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.415
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.475
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 12.088
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.360
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.051
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.094
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37.340
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 8.252
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.103
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.646
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.337
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:44.995
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 8.341
When I enable persistence 20.203
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.813
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.957
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.372
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.280
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.465
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.605
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.104
When I cold reboot the computer 5.826
And the computer reboots Tails 31.765
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.306
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.225
Given I enable persistence 12.668
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.067
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.307
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.588
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:6.300
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 8.104
# 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 30.063
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.311
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.235
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
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37.083
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 8.291
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.546
Then persistence is disabled 0.075
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.067
And all notifications have disappeared 8.238
When I delete the persistent partition 2.625
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:17.125
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 8.076
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.052
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.464
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.268
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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53.899
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 8.235
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.145
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.188
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.751
And all notifications have disappeared 8.228
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.189
And all tps features are enabled 7.796
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.310
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:40.023
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 1:58.817
And I enable persistence 25.608
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.269
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.493
And persistence is enabled 7.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.348
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.282
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.566
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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37.171
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 8.235
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.000
When I enable persistence 12.028
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.042
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.196
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 8.094
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.459
When I try to enable persistence 1.225
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.825
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.209
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.146
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.116
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.113
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 7.758
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.170
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.810
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.231
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 8.089
And all notifications have disappeared 7.780
# 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" 0.094
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.076
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.147
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.044
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 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.397
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 7.771
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.430
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.275
When I try to enable persistence 1.144
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 1.851
When I log in to a new session 8.167
And all notifications have disappeared 7.796
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.100
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000