Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 86 12 Oct 2026, 12:10

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 24:45.989 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.452
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.065
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.183
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.315
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.757
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 8.824
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.505
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.201
And persistence is disabled 0.076
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.053
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 9.360
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.419
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.114
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.479
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.278
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.167
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.135
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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30.637
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 8.867
And the system is very low on memory 4.544
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.166
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.456
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.079
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.382
And I free up some memory 0.668
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.422
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:56.565
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 8.560
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.324
And all tps features are active 8.996
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.911
When I disable the first tps feature 2.470
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.319
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.725
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.943
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.375
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.948
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.115
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I disable the first tps feature 2.526
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.045
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.035
When I enable the first tps feature 2.428
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.106
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.405
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 7.874
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
And I disable the first tps feature 2.539
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.814
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
48.310
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 7.996
And the network is plugged 0.060
And Tor is ready 13.563
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.645
When I write some files expected to persist 1.266
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.464
# 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" 12.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.414
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 8.328
And the network is plugged 0.049
And Tor is ready 10.911
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.199
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.408
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.881
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 10.970
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.422
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.053
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.098
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43.474
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 9.428
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.141
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.980
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:59.565
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 8.741
When I enable persistence 23.886
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.046
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.651
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.447
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.170
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.538
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.369
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.172
When I cold reboot the computer 6.232
And the computer reboots Tails 35.598
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.332
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.244
Given I enable persistence 14.664
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.114
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.294
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.928
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
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2:22.661
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 22.229
# 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 27.779
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.822
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.089
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
41.482
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 9.080
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.050
Then persistence is disabled 0.085
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.042
And all notifications have disappeared 9.303
When I delete the persistent partition 2.639
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.279
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:24.489
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.683
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.068
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.381
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.114
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
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59.364
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 9.178
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.404
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.533
And all notifications have disappeared 7.966
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.259
And all tps features are enabled 8.158
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:12.639
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
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 2:21.758
And I enable persistence 30.082
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.511
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.538
And persistence is enabled 10.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.824
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 7.915
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 25.329
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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45.535
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 8.951
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.276
When I enable persistence 16.232
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
And persistence is successfully enabled 10.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.171
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.825
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.943
When I try to enable persistence 1.292
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.603
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.106
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.316
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.242
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.462
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 8.262
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.232
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.262
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.140
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 7.577
And all notifications have disappeared 8.395
# 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" 0.230
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.120
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.217
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.137
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.345
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 8.091
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.468
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.291
When I try to enable persistence 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.783
When I log in to a new session 9.883
And all notifications have disappeared 7.694
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.154
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000