Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6132 10 Feb 2026, 02:07

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 25:19.268 Passed
Tags: @product
Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
Tags: @product
2:10.613
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:55.808
And I update APT using apt 7.113
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.309
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.382
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
43.525
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 9.555
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.819
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.298
And persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 16.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:2.119
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 9.552
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.250
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.117
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 31.149
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.543
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.344
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.884
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.232
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product
39.747
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.489
And the system is very low on memory 12.354
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.821
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.549
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.108
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.506
And I free up some memory 0.945
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.907
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.074
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.629
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.494
And all tps features are active 1.344
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.903
When I disable the first tps feature 2.486
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.266
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.527
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.959
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.462
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044
Tags: @product
14.367
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 8.223
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.088
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.082
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.078
When I disable the first tps feature 3.069
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.077
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.063
When I enable the first tps feature 2.575
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.042
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
14.605
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 8.099
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.133
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.108
And I disable the first tps feature 3.195
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.024
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
46.707
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.966
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 11.158
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.199
When I write some files expected to persist 1.440
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.008
# 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" 13.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:54.884
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 8.286
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 10.960
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.539
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.227
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.609
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 12.645
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.381
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.073
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052
Tags: @product
57.024
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 9.221
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.160
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 17.720
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 28.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:9.525
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.969
When I enable persistence 25.332
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.678
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.102
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.440
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.281
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.623
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.707
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.152
When I cold reboot the computer 7.911
And the computer reboots Tails 41.590
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.350
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.186
Given I enable persistence 8.367
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.089
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.242
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.272
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
2:30.880
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 9.353
# 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 40.981
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.919
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.041
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
53.301
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.723
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.737
Then persistence is disabled 0.132
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 17.303
And all notifications have disappeared 9.129
When I delete the persistent partition 2.943
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:26.516
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.603
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.140
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.394
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.148
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product
52.725
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.451
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.241
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.811
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.546
And all notifications have disappeared 8.781
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.338
And all tps features are enabled 1.382
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.842
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 41.787
And I enable persistence 32.512
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.260
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.966
And persistence is enabled 2.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.166
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 7.810
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.634
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.704
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 7.997
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 16.368
When I enable persistence 7.788
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.068
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.480
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
43.904
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.628
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 25.499
When I try to enable persistence 1.221
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.384
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.603
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.191
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.368
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
54.111
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.606
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.074
When I try to enable persistence 1.332
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 16.625
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 13.229
And all notifications have disappeared 9.535
# 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" 0.269
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.558
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.337
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.369
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
51.920
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.971
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.939
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.403
When I try to enable persistence 1.199
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.677
When I log in to a new session 12.200
And all notifications have disappeared 9.547
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.012
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000