Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 85 12 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 22:35.632 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:58.568
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 1:18.587
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.703
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.560
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.707
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 8.340
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.208
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.234
And persistence is disabled 0.115
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:28.583
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 8.410
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.326
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.102
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.317
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.988
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.196
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.134
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
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28.481
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 8.023
And the system is very low on memory 4.113
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.221
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.514
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.124
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.331
And I free up some memory 0.414
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.670
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.833
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 8.009
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.274
And all tps features are active 7.667
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.752
When I disable the first tps feature 2.460
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.388
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.280
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.848
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031
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12.826
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 7.707
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I disable the first tps feature 2.417
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.036
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.034
When I enable the first tps feature 2.387
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.044
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.001
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 7.541
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
And I disable the first tps feature 2.477
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.845
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.588
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 7.594
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 11.412
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.677
When I write some files expected to persist 0.859
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.156
# 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" 10.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:32.333
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
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 8.068
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.121
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.193
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.262
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 10.509
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.378
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.053
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.058
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37.046
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.399
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.086
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.264
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.294
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.721
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 8.220
When I enable persistence 22.573
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.423
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.845
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.306
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.294
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.576
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.777
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.109
When I cold reboot the computer 5.821
And the computer reboots Tails 32.212
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.312
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.239
Given I enable persistence 12.483
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.058
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.144
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.229
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:0.409
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 8.006
# 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 26.875
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.910
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.473
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product
36.672
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 7.937
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.313
Then persistence is disabled 0.096
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.627
And all notifications have disappeared 7.897
When I delete the persistent partition 2.550
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:12.477
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 7.664
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.052
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.190
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.393
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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54.035
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 7.864
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.045
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.576
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.423
And all notifications have disappeared 8.101
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.204
And all tps features are enabled 7.343
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.294
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:37.081
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 1:56.159
And I enable persistence 25.128
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.754
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.454
And persistence is enabled 7.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.204
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 20.278
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.481
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.993
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 8.006
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.227
When I enable persistence 12.889
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.038
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.707
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 8.073
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.828
When I try to enable persistence 1.256
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.048
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.100
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.189
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.086
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.480
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 7.721
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.071
When I try to enable persistence 1.167
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.888
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 7.745
And all notifications have disappeared 7.460
# 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" 0.196
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.088
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.184
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.033
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.877
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 7.845
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.547
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.272
When I try to enable persistence 1.139
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 1.947
When I log in to a new session 7.880
And all notifications have disappeared 7.252
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.081
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000