Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21461-update-chutney 11 01 Aug 2026, 22:38

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 22:41.243 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:41.686
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 1:28.415
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.433
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.204
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.149
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 8.391
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.887
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.213
And persistence is disabled 0.075
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.001
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 8.616
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.254
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.083
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.731
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 5.415
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.656
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.163
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
54.907
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 34.425
And the system is very low on memory 4.305
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.142
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.446
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.119
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.345
And I free up some memory 0.517
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.563
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:49.450
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 8.182
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.250
And all tps features are active 9.087
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.414
When I disable the first tps feature 2.446
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.171
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.201
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.429
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
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13.018
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 7.832
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I disable the first tps feature 2.453
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.046
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.027
When I enable the first tps feature 2.399
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.043
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.180
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 7.743
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
And I disable the first tps feature 2.463
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.810
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.812
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 7.460
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 8.305
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.703
When I write some files expected to persist 0.795
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.562
# 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" 10.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.455
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:34.358
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 7.660
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 9.941
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.090
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.203
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.766
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 10.095
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.349
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.070
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.058
Tags: @product
36.221
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 8.052
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.082
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 10.769
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.316
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:44.811
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.319
When I enable persistence 20.848
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.810
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.341
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.193
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.285
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.527
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.353
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.101
When I cold reboot the computer 5.790
And the computer reboots Tails 31.918
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.304
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.235
Given I enable persistence 11.832
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.078
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.306
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.443
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:3.280
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 8.157
# 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 28.317
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.433
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.992
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.378
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
36.929
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 7.999
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.046
Then persistence is disabled 0.073
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.034
And all notifications have disappeared 7.916
When I delete the persistent partition 2.620
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:13.808
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 7.698
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.049
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.169
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.721
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
54.636
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 7.966
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.038
When I try to enable persistence 1.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.678
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.416
And all notifications have disappeared 8.285
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.186
And all tps features are enabled 7.243
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:33.706
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 1:53.892
And I enable persistence 24.630
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.208
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.497
And persistence is enabled 7.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.144
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 7.471
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.205
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.040
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 8.105
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.327
When I enable persistence 11.982
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.950
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.950
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.981
When I try to enable persistence 1.172
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.560
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.084
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.145
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.109
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.171
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 7.897
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.085
When I try to enable persistence 1.150
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.648
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.145
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 7.674
And all notifications have disappeared 7.452
# 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" 0.143
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.082
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.147
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.026
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.980
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 7.937
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.708
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.283
When I try to enable persistence 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.135
When I log in to a new session 8.166
And all notifications have disappeared 6.665
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.989
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000