Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 87 13 Oct 2026, 03:31

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 24:3.608 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:16.203
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 1:32.662
And I update the APT lists using apt 36.138
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.658
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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42.333
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 22.105
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.001
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.192
And persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.244
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 9.201
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.305
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.179
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.729
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.409
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.176
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.150
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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29.814
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 8.245
And the system is very low on memory 5.110
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.190
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.293
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.146
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.413
And I free up some memory 0.471
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.893
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:47.440
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.533
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.318
And all tps features are active 8.762
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.978
When I disable the first tps feature 2.481
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.683
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.567
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.834
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.281
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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13.873
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 8.632
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.072
When I disable the first tps feature 2.470
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.074
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.050
When I enable the first tps feature 2.402
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.042
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.103
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.453
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
And I disable the first tps feature 2.555
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.913
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.245
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.750
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 13.608
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.167
When I write some files expected to persist 1.030
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.331
# 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" 12.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.882
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.917
And the network is plugged 0.054
And Tor is ready 8.601
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.211
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.326
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.970
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 12.279
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.332
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.053
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.057
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39.031
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.700
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.127
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.440
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.238
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 8.372
When I enable persistence 21.121
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.500
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.437
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.256
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.285
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.580
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.580
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.186
When I cold reboot the computer 5.910
And the computer reboots Tails 33.087
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.322
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.254
Given I enable persistence 13.751
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.058
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.149
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.215
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:8.471
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 8.368
# 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 28.107
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.845
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.426
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
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38.436
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 8.304
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.265
Then persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.193
And all notifications have disappeared 8.748
When I delete the persistent partition 2.592
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:16.787
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 8.270
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.048
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.482
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.812
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
59.737
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 8.255
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.118
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.670
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.144
And all notifications have disappeared 8.325
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.238
And all tps features are enabled 7.927
And all tps features but the first one are active 10.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.481
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:43.339
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 2:1.966
And I enable persistence 25.364
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.839
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.585
And persistence is enabled 7.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.964
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 7.517
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.996
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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39.246
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.662
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.455
When I enable persistence 12.666
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.409
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.220
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.464
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.224
When I try to enable persistence 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.086
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.259
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.323
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.246
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.341
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.674
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 8.000
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.346
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.137
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.022
When I log in to a new session 9.093
And all notifications have disappeared 7.437
# 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" 0.171
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.101
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.196
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.048
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.317
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 8.096
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.891
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.313
When I try to enable persistence 1.234
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.681
When I log in to a new session 9.531
And all notifications have disappeared 6.562
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.150
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000