Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 92 18 Oct 2026, 03:22

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 23:52.470 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:56.235
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:15.894
And I update the APT lists using apt 36.095
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.500
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.348
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.290
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.515
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.170
And persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:32.791
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 8.472
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.291
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.078
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.479
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.037
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.237
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.005
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.155
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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28.190
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.090
And the system is very low on memory 3.896
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.168
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.428
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.090
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.350
And I free up some memory 0.451
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.644
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.455
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 8.243
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.260
And all tps features are active 8.145
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.666
When I disable the first tps feature 2.468
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.487
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.224
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.231
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031
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12.924
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 7.600
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.080
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 2.466
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.061
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.072
When I enable the first tps feature 2.438
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.027
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 7.522
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 2.427
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.909
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.699
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
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 11.796
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.571
When I write some files expected to persist 0.996
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.361
# 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" 11.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:34.955
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 7.479
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 7.784
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.096
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.211
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.504
And I capture all network traffic 0.008
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 12.280
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.349
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.063
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.075
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38.450
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 8.945
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.085
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.752
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:1.497
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 22.002
When I enable persistence 21.642
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.254
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.027
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.199
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.134
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.450
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.456
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.119
When I cold reboot the computer 4.463
And the computer reboots Tails 33.555
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.246
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.127
Given I enable persistence 13.496
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.066
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.284
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.856
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:4.883
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 8.115
# 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 27.282
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.415
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.988
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product
38.922
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 8.394
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.816
Then persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.543
And all notifications have disappeared 8.234
When I delete the persistent partition 2.639
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:20.269
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 7.979
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.052
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.360
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.624
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053
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55.963
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 8.447
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.448
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.859
And all notifications have disappeared 8.094
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.252
And all tps features are enabled 7.592
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:7.595
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 2:18.007
And I enable persistence 30.593
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.320
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.510
And persistence is enabled 10.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.595
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 7.526
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 25.507
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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45.063
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 8.857
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.012
When I enable persistence 15.979
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 10.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.113
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 8.613
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.302
When I try to enable persistence 1.240
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.461
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.137
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.302
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.223
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.292
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 8.071
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.747
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.245
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 8.148
And all notifications have disappeared 7.140
# 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" 0.164
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.098
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.277
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.294
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.195
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 8.027
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.367
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.334
When I try to enable persistence 1.221
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.506
When I log in to a new session 7.216
And all notifications have disappeared 8.508
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.198
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000