Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21584-yelp-flatpak-sandbox-escape 1 18 May 2026, 18:03

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 19:47.672 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.019
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 1:16.822
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.077
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.307
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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27.885
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 8.342
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.419
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.243
And persistence is disabled 0.076
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:34.525
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 logged in 8.298
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.367
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.107
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.487
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.066
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.336
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.639
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.177
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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27.398
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 7.166
And the system is very low on memory 3.477
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.155
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.508
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.160
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.346
And I free up some memory 0.779
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.747
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:28.012
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 8.441
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.326
And all tps features are active 1.134
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.863
When I disable the first tps feature 2.455
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.070
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.400
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.242
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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12.747
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 7.367
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I disable the first tps feature 2.469
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.046
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.036
When I enable the first tps feature 2.574
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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12.807
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 7.244
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.084
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
And I disable the first tps feature 2.462
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.911
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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39.240
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 7.009
And the network is plugged 0.044
And Tor is ready 9.828
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.178
When I write some files expected to persist 1.114
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.408
# 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" 11.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:41.185
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 7.132
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 8.293
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.108
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.298
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.074
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 13.703
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.359
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.060
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.053
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36.091
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 8.468
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.080
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.856
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:44.460
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 8.490
When I enable persistence 12.573
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.665
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.319
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.322
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.231
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.523
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.625
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.141
When I cold reboot the computer 10.267
And the computer reboots Tails 35.963
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.272
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.199
Given I enable persistence 6.731
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.061
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.223
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.665
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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2:7.918
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 8.253
# 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 27.599
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.075
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.106
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
37.559
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 7.628
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.047
Then persistence is disabled 0.106
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.986
And all notifications have disappeared 7.830
When I delete the persistent partition 2.659
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.299
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:17.117
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 7.374
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.041
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.901
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.598
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.016
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39.458
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 7.678
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.044
When I try to enable persistence 1.148
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.741
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.641
And all notifications have disappeared 7.933
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.302
And all tps features are enabled 0.890
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:0.133
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 29.259
And I enable persistence 18.972
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.727
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.616
And persistence is enabled 1.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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22.431
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 6.925
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.911
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.289
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 7.678
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.409
When I enable persistence 6.586
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.077
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 7.541
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.598
When I try to enable persistence 1.302
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.994
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.294
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.138
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.263
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 7.654
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.438
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 10.415
And all notifications have disappeared 8.391
# 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" 0.360
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.446
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.170
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.232
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.047
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 7.747
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.615
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.336
When I try to enable persistence 1.142
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.679
When I log in to a new session 9.946
And all notifications have disappeared 8.376
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.420
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000