Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21461-update-chutney 15 06 Aug 2026, 22:09

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 22:29.163 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.025
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 1:17.399
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.753
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.223
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.879
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 8.269
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.532
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.194
And persistence is disabled 0.071
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:28.038
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 8.561
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.248
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.085
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.661
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.151
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.089
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.147
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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28.624
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 7.877
And the system is very low on memory 4.382
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.157
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.468
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.085
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.344
And I free up some memory 0.464
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.786
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.921
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 8.273
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.278
And all tps features are active 7.319
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.733
When I disable the first tps feature 2.421
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.461
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.479
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.507
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.447
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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12.386
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 7.617
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.086
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I disable the first tps feature 2.445
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.045
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.029
When I enable the first tps feature 1.950
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.128
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 7.677
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.048
And I disable the first tps feature 2.491
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.787
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
52.547
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 20.539
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 8.261
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.648
When I write some files expected to persist 0.788
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.150
# 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" 11.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.834
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 7.597
And the network is plugged 0.043
And Tor is ready 8.104
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.141
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.221
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.994
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 17.225
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.313
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.062
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.058
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36.481
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 8.267
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.089
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.237
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:44.972
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 8.345
When I enable persistence 20.749
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.414
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.633
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.356
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.305
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.544
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.052
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.099
When I cold reboot the computer 5.728
And the computer reboots Tails 32.534
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.282
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.146
Given I enable persistence 11.906
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.056
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.221
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.419
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:1.128
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 7.987
# 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 25.603
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.225
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.301
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
37.293
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 7.708
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.369
Then persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.575
And all notifications have disappeared 8.582
When I delete the persistent partition 2.713
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:27.549
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 20.993
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
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 1:1.155
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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54.088
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 7.683
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.171
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.701
And all notifications have disappeared 8.013
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.218
And all tps features are enabled 7.497
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:38.319
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 1:58.951
And I enable persistence 24.279
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.050
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.458
And persistence is enabled 7.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.914
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 7.253
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.148
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.512
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
38.394
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 8.280
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.159
When I enable persistence 13.640
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.268
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.830
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 8.462
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.019
When I try to enable persistence 1.345
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.457
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.093
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.127
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.221
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.703
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 7.753
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.774
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.230
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.020
When I log in to a new session 7.229
And all notifications have disappeared 8.147
# 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" 0.165
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.081
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.149
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.999
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.100
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 7.674
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.689
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.271
When I try to enable persistence 1.253
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 1.899
When I log in to a new session 7.903
And all notifications have disappeared 7.595
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.042
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000