Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 96 22 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 23:39.344 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:59.354
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 1:16.473
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.665
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.584
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.057
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 8.163
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.225
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.178
And persistence is disabled 0.085
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.403
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:32.927
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 8.733
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.282
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.400
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 5.248
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.954
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.145
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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29.336
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 8.123
And the system is very low on memory 4.356
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.209
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.662
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.150
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.482
And I free up some memory 0.450
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.837
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:47.751
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 8.362
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.257
And all tps features are active 8.041
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.831
When I disable the first tps feature 2.434
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.628
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.232
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.132
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
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13.087
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 7.855
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I disable the first tps feature 2.493
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.056
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.035
When I enable the first tps feature 2.384
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.079
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 7.661
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.048
And I disable the first tps feature 2.476
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.761
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.900
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 7.977
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 12.951
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.222
When I write some files expected to persist 0.985
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.189
# 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" 11.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.366
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.263
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 7.665
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 9.802
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.124
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.378
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.631
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 11.041
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.380
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.070
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.063
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39.995
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 8.318
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.094
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.983
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.713
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 8.808
When I enable persistence 21.260
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.931
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.845
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.271
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.315
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.480
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.415
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.129
When I cold reboot the computer 6.020
And the computer reboots Tails 33.068
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.318
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.286
Given I enable persistence 14.085
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.091
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.139
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.119
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
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2:11.108
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 8.375
# 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 31.823
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.608
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.359
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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37.649
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 8.068
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.904
Then persistence is disabled 0.084
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.155
And all notifications have disappeared 8.375
When I delete the persistent partition 2.761
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:20.955
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 7.982
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.065
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.548
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.160
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052
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57.621
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 7.897
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.073
When I try to enable persistence 1.268
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.208
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.016
And all notifications have disappeared 7.786
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.222
And all tps features are enabled 7.732
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.414
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:53.395
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 2:11.918
And I enable persistence 25.121
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.733
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.504
And persistence is enabled 8.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.801
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 7.639
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.714
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.447
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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40.634
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 8.193
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.309
When I enable persistence 14.451
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.035
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.614
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.072
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.742
When I try to enable persistence 1.230
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.372
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.286
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.904
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.068
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.864
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.824
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.443
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.075
When I try to enable persistence 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.400
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.234
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 8.502
And all notifications have disappeared 8.501
# 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" 0.167
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.077
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.157
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 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.272
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 7.950
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.325
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.241
When I try to enable persistence 1.210
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.005
When I log in to a new session 7.256
And all notifications have disappeared 7.175
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.141
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000