Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21548-flatpak-install 1 12 May 2026, 13:06

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 23:35.919 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:39.282
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:24.937
And I update APT using apt 6.861
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.269
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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32.639
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.550
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.783
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.255
And persistence is disabled 0.092
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:49.291
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.991
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.341
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.093
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.761
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.517
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.183
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.085
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.228
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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31.881
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.802
And the system is very low on memory 4.001
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.361
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.091
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.115
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.588
And I free up some memory 0.914
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.482
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.116
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.727
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.342
And all tps features are active 1.307
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.270
When I disable the first tps feature 3.121
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.788
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.879
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.344
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.333
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.016
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14.649
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.149
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.117
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.102
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.103
When I disable the first tps feature 2.778
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.059
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.053
When I enable the first tps feature 3.115
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.096
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
13.799
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.025
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.096
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
And I disable the first tps feature 2.587
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.977
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:7.261
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.280
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 17.698
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.348
When I write some files expected to persist 1.340
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 25.241
# 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?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 14.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:36.879
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.187
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 18.720
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.160
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 25.310
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:20.207
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 23.495
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.460
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.077
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.044
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44.368
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.748
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.072
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.761
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:59.130
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 9.125
When I enable persistence 15.796
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.118
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.786
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.407
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.313
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.646
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.084
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.158
When I cold reboot the computer 10.763
And the computer reboots Tails 39.749
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.272
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.230
Given I enable persistence 7.517
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.110
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.264
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.641
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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2:19.832
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.460
# 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 28.796
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.126
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:12.617
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.429
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
Tags: @product
39.813
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.317
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.789
Then persistence is disabled 0.108
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.408
And all notifications have disappeared 8.588
When I delete the persistent partition 3.240
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:31.207
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.972
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.106
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.957
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.838
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
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46.207
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.534
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.250
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.082
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.635
And all notifications have disappeared 8.315
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.353
And all tps features are enabled 1.697
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:9.909
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 33.697
And I enable persistence 22.699
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.695
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.638
And persistence is enabled 2.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.316
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
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 7.811
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.794
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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27.083
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 9.005
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.411
When I enable persistence 6.735
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
25.820
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.347
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.431
When I try to enable persistence 1.287
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.647
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.412
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.069
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.221
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.788
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.315
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.022
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.037
When I log in to a new session 14.182
And all notifications have disappeared 9.360
# 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" 0.225
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.594
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.279
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.465
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.639
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.225
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.862
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.343
When I try to enable persistence 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.783
When I log in to a new session 13.291
And all notifications have disappeared 9.654
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.450
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000