Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21461-update-chutney 12 02 Aug 2026, 22:26

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 20:50.117 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.502
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 1:17.706
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.782
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.239
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.805
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.269
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.131
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.222
And persistence is disabled 0.079
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.640
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 8.181
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.430
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.091
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.652
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.717
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.263
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.199
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
Tags: @product
29.797
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.173
And the system is very low on memory 4.131
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.214
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.488
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.159
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.452
And I free up some memory 0.795
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.336
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.342
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 8.027
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.337
And all tps features are active 4.706
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.934
When I disable the first tps feature 2.605
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.545
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.684
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.072
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.430
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
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12.791
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.458
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I disable the first tps feature 2.490
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.048
When I enable the first tps feature 2.456
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.039
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.688
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.049
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
And I disable the first tps feature 2.536
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.854
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.158
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 7.201
And the network is plugged 0.044
And Tor is ready 9.507
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.122
When I write some files expected to persist 1.132
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.406
# 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" 11.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.287
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.094
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 9.869
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.134
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.310
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.747
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 11.452
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.430
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.100
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041
Tags: @product
39.981
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 8.350
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.107
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.675
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:49.060
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.209
When I enable persistence 18.598
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.504
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.290
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.308
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.233
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.606
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.957
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.177
When I cold reboot the computer 6.017
And the computer reboots Tails 35.558
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.266
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.206
Given I enable persistence 10.511
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.107
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.321
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.050
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:7.305
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 7.689
# 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 30.049
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.389
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.464
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.294
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
39.265
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 7.752
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.270
Then persistence is disabled 0.083
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.076
And all notifications have disappeared 7.998
When I delete the persistent partition 2.685
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.398
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:15.888
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 7.482
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.383
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.750
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
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49.183
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.426
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.075
When I try to enable persistence 1.221
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.683
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.419
And all notifications have disappeared 7.764
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.262
And all tps features are enabled 4.680
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:8.315
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 30.533
And I enable persistence 22.896
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.510
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.545
And persistence is enabled 4.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
24.897
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 6.890
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 17.399
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.439
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 7.888
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.210
When I enable persistence 10.320
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 4.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.478
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 7.382
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.806
When I try to enable persistence 1.234
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.415
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.345
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.144
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.429
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.427
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.147
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.047
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 10.062
And all notifications have disappeared 9.091
# 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" 0.175
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.075
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.169
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.267
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.857
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 7.257
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.028
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.307
When I try to enable persistence 1.151
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.072
When I log in to a new session 10.258
And all notifications have disappeared 8.436
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.342
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000