Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 94 20 Oct 2026, 03:16

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 23:10.551 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:57.613
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 1:17.932
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.224
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.625
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.700
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 8.436
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.882
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.211
And persistence is disabled 0.078
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.330
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 8.615
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.287
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.996
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.039
When 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 1:0.921
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.133
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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29.843
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 8.242
And the system is very low on memory 4.888
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.149
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.009
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.085
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.364
And I free up some memory 0.443
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.610
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:47.537
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 8.289
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.235
And all tps features are active 8.437
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.855
When I disable the first tps feature 2.437
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.398
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.027
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.360
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.359
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 8.048
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I disable the first tps feature 2.468
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.074
When I enable the first tps feature 2.449
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.040
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.152
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 7.579
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.105
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
And I disable the first tps feature 2.517
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.853
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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44.614
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 7.722
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 11.872
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.209
When I write some files expected to persist 0.892
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.330
# 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" 11.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.651
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 7.556
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 9.248
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.156
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.371
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.459
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 11.206
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.411
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.066
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.064
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39.096
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 8.789
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.120
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.066
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:56.465
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 8.415
When I enable persistence 25.814
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.996
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.406
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.385
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.307
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.492
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.555
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.116
When I cold reboot the computer 5.824
And the computer reboots Tails 33.807
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.233
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.191
Given I enable persistence 16.225
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.076
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.321
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.170
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:5.575
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 8.283
# 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 27.273
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.147
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.688
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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36.640
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 8.031
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.948
Then persistence is disabled 0.073
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.920
And all notifications have disappeared 7.776
When I delete the persistent partition 2.635
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.517
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 7.896
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.044
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.297
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.083
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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57.323
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 7.779
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.046
When I try to enable persistence 1.233
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.792
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.659
And all notifications have disappeared 8.509
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.224
And all tps features are enabled 8.593
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:37.223
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 1:56.689
And I enable persistence 25.704
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.375
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.540
And persistence is enabled 7.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.939
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 7.396
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.080
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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37.886
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 8.391
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.329
When I enable persistence 12.683
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.036
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.446
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.362
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 8.261
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.133
When I try to enable persistence 1.233
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.177
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.101
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.170
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.079
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.176
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 8.109
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.143
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.252
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.213
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 8.025
And all notifications have disappeared 8.007
# 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" 0.109
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.081
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.187
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.036
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.540
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 8.030
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.319
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.265
When I try to enable persistence 1.203
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.800
When I log in to a new session 7.668
And all notifications have disappeared 7.320
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.064
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000