Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5957 16 Nov 2025, 12:11

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 157 0 0 0 0 157 21 0 21 30:18.699 Passed
Tags: @product
Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
Tags: @product
2:3.286
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:50.675
And I update APT using apt 5.366
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.276
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
28.237
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.189
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.566
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.337
And persistence is disabled 0.119
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:13.491
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 13.088
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.412
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.120
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.124
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.562
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.017
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:33.742
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.354
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
33.928
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 10.132
And the system is very low on memory 1.994
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.181
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.904
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.168
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.724
And I free up some memory 1.040
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.268
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.513
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:16.489
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.224
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.292
And all tps features are active 2.070
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.109
When I disable the first tps feature 2.625
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.141
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.566
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:35.423
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
16.674
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.079
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.090
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
When I disable the first tps feature 2.573
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.058
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.052
When I enable the first tps feature 2.561
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
16.045
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.572
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.081
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.140
And I disable the first tps feature 3.073
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.131
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
47.750
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.680
And the network is plugged 0.048
And Tor is ready 10.688
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.568
When I write some files expected to persist 1.345
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.638
# 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" 17.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:19.401
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.700
And the network is plugged 0.057
And Tor is ready 10.127
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.167
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.901
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:39.544
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.056
And Tor is ready 13.186
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.389
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.078
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.055
Tags: @product
45.804
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.564
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.087
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.114
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 20.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:24.553
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.332
When I enable persistence 14.951
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.248
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.146
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.866
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.179
When I cold reboot the computer 6.147
And the computer reboots Tails 1:2.651
Given I enable persistence 12.542
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.584
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.745
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
2:57.816
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.712
# 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 25.037
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.511
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:52.050
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
39.304
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 10.197
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.002
Then persistence is disabled 0.115
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.722
And all notifications have disappeared 9.794
When I delete the persistent partition 3.055
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.416
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:53.839
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.371
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.070
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.369
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:37.739
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
47.121
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 10.623
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.312
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 8.743
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.813
And all notifications have disappeared 9.847
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.428
And all tps features are enabled 2.316
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:44.434
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 5:7.429
And I enable persistence 23.697
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.401
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.698
And persistence is enabled 2.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
28.484
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 9.273
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.596
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
26.829
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 10.234
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 4.820
When I enable persistence 9.394
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.316
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.875
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 9.749
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.419
When I try to enable persistence 1.316
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.447
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.268
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.227
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.288
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.736
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.308
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.273
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.902
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.257
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I log in to a new session 13.249
And all notifications have disappeared 10.098
# 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" 0.258
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.543
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.304
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.104
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.333
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.593
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 10.398
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.020
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.307
When I try to enable persistence 1.248
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.894
When I log in to a new session 11.079
And all notifications have disappeared 9.963
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.644
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000