Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21548-flatpak-install 3 13 May 2026, 14:19

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 19:54.929 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.983
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.096
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.776
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.285
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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28.086
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 8.366
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.250
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.251
And persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:36.366
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 8.352
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.296
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.109
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.049
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.078
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.360
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.893
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.180
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.023
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28.600
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.368
And the system is very low on memory 3.259
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.294
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.565
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.129
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.378
And I free up some memory 0.741
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.821
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:28.842
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 enabled and logged in 7.945
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.360
And all tps features are active 1.054
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.110
When I disable the first tps feature 2.494
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.088
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.320
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.320
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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12.913
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.639
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.093
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I disable the first tps feature 2.470
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.044
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.033
When I enable the first tps feature 2.414
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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12.591
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 enabled and logged in 7.049
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
And I disable the first tps feature 2.505
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.844
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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40.722
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.103
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 10.867
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.242
When I write some files expected to persist 1.243
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.215
# 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" 12.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:35.500
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 7.023
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 8.513
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.115
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.684
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.553
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 11.951
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.377
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.132
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.073
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36.462
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.403
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.064
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.427
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:46.609
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 8.420
When I enable persistence 14.926
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.860
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.390
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.328
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.232
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.535
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.425
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.170
When I cold reboot the computer 10.040
And the computer reboots Tails 35.861
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.249
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.196
Given I enable persistence 6.808
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.077
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.196
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.717
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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2:6.637
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.917
# 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 29.248
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.427
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.407
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
36.743
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.963
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.038
Then persistence is disabled 0.104
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.986
And all notifications have disappeared 7.684
When I delete the persistent partition 2.640
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:19.443
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 enabled and logged in 7.615
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.510
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.050
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
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41.319
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.807
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.074
When I try to enable persistence 1.149
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.365
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.139
And all notifications have disappeared 7.543
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.227
And all tps features are enabled 0.919
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:0.847
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 29.899
And I enable persistence 19.104
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.726
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.581
And persistence is enabled 1.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
22.133
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.081
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.427
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.955
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 8.300
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.180
When I enable persistence 6.735
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.042
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.475
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 7.745
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.609
When I try to enable persistence 1.251
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.242
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.298
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.153
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.346
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 7.289
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.067
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.967
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.241
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 10.551
And all notifications have disappeared 8.571
# 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" 0.278
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.097
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.174
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.246
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.346
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 7.591
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.383
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.331
When I try to enable persistence 1.208
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.230
When I log in to a new session 10.006
And all notifications have disappeared 8.742
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.219
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.378
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000