Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21461-update-chutney 10 31 Jul 2026, 22:37

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 22:28.502 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:27.992
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:14.612
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.500
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.213
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.016
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.277
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.696
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.211
And persistence is disabled 0.071
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.532
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 21.858
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.249
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.103
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.410
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.038
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.934
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.755
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.138
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
28.560
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.787
And the system is very low on memory 4.546
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.287
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.374
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.074
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.319
And I free up some memory 0.464
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.669
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.089
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.314
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.277
And all tps features are active 7.053
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.695
When I disable the first tps feature 2.515
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.398
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.624
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.756
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.454
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.513
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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12.334
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.662
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 2.428
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.043
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.029
When I enable the first tps feature 1.905
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.042
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.837
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 20.345
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
And I disable the first tps feature 2.491
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.812
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.334
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.649
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 8.809
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.614
When I write some files expected to persist 1.003
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.183
# 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" 11.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.402
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.761
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.404
And the network is plugged 0.048
And Tor is ready 8.872
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.135
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.549
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.843
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 10.274
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.372
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.088
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055
Tags: @product
35.380
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.215
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.084
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.108
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 13.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:44.984
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.204
When I enable persistence 21.268
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.358
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.743
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.342
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.138
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.453
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.049
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.143
When I cold reboot the computer 5.803
And the computer reboots Tails 31.973
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.302
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.329
Given I enable persistence 12.312
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.060
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.139
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.241
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:1.572
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.359
# 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 26.767
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.425
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 59.788
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
37.440
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.247
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.894
Then persistence is disabled 0.074
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.667
And all notifications have disappeared 8.571
When I delete the persistent partition 2.757
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:14.570
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.012
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.051
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.180
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.148
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.057
Tags: @product
53.444
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.060
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.138
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.382
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.913
And all notifications have disappeared 7.922
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.238
And all tps features are enabled 7.718
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:36.329
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
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 1:56.630
And I enable persistence 24.788
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.414
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.463
And persistence is enabled 8.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.083
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
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 20.229
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.339
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.513
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
36.861
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.107
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.358
When I enable persistence 11.603
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.042
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.444
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.068
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.010
When I try to enable persistence 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.547
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.101
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.229
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.300
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.864
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.131
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.717
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.082
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.022
When I log in to a new session 8.335
And all notifications have disappeared 7.926
# 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" 0.146
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.064
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.136
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.020
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.630
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.131
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.132
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.240
When I try to enable persistence 1.145
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.315
When I log in to a new session 8.130
And all notifications have disappeared 7.730
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.995
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000