Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 97 23 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 22:46.577 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:58.912
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 1:16.185
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.152
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.857
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.994
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 8.400
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.650
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.237
And persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.298
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 8.751
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.391
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.118
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.711
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.040
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.295
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.764
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.171
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
28.872
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 8.091
And the system is very low on memory 4.443
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.151
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.316
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.164
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.354
And I free up some memory 0.446
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.840
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.705
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 8.494
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.308
And all tps features are active 8.407
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.970
When I disable the first tps feature 2.528
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.236
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.515
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.751
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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13.109
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 7.892
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
When I disable the first tps feature 2.479
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.043
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.032
When I enable the first tps feature 2.378
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.485
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 7.515
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
And I disable the first tps feature 2.437
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.371
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.727
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 7.529
And the network is plugged 0.045
And Tor is ready 12.408
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.493
When I write some files expected to persist 0.927
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.283
# 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" 11.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.187
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 7.703
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 18.262
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.099
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.383
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.796
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 10.362
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.354
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.054
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049
Tags: @product
37.765
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 8.310
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.058
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.806
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:43.196
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 8.378
When I enable persistence 20.920
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.628
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.132
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.423
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.305
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.456
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.573
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.127
When I cold reboot the computer 4.451
And the computer reboots Tails 31.277
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.377
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.117
Given I enable persistence 12.300
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.102
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.205
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.257
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:6.966
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 8.223
# 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 29.142
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.325
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.216
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033
Tags: @product
37.268
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 8.201
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.260
Then persistence is disabled 0.072
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.435
And all notifications have disappeared 8.422
When I delete the persistent partition 2.666
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:15.500
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 7.666
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.052
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.340
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.249
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product
55.396
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 8.226
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.042
When I try to enable persistence 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.749
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.522
And all notifications have disappeared 8.416
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.240
And all tps features are enabled 7.383
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:34.713
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 1:54.898
And I enable persistence 24.497
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.492
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.481
And persistence is enabled 7.343
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.351
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 7.329
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.528
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.327
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 8.239
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.384
When I enable persistence 11.875
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.033
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.942
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 7.772
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.486
When I try to enable persistence 1.203
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.029
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.097
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.158
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.179
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.636
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 7.693
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.071
When I try to enable persistence 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.724
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 8.503
And all notifications have disappeared 6.991
# 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" 0.143
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.075
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.171
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.992
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 0.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.217
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 7.794
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.284
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.242
When I try to enable persistence 1.134
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 1.727
When I log in to a new session 8.259
And all notifications have disappeared 7.790
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 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000