Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21461-update-chutney 16 07 Aug 2026, 22:36

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 23:26.616 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.324
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 1:17.433
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.998
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.215
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.945
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 8.505
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.016
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.188
And persistence is disabled 0.074
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:49.023
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 22.842
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.225
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.098
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.539
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.612
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.440
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.163
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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29.494
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 7.851
And the system is very low on memory 4.773
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.197
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.550
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.097
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.394
And I free up some memory 0.463
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.131
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:47.303
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 8.355
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.292
And all tps features are active 7.597
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.695
When I disable the first tps feature 2.685
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.758
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.674
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.847
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.397
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.084
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13.039
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 7.730
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.050
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I disable the first tps feature 2.503
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.071
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.031
When I enable the first tps feature 2.461
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.176
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.797
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.043
And I disable the first tps feature 2.449
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.787
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.550
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 7.656
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 10.625
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.834
When I write some files expected to persist 0.964
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.343
# 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" 11.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.914
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.835
And the network is plugged 0.048
And Tor is ready 9.968
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.147
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.306
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.456
And I capture all network traffic 0.012
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 10.600
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.328
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.075
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.076
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52.364
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 22.046
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.101
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.704
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:54.127
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 8.693
When I enable persistence 23.662
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.759
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.929
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.277
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.290
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.654
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.426
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.146
When I cold reboot the computer 5.832
And the computer reboots Tails 32.751
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.364
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.284
Given I enable persistence 13.593
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.073
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.207
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.000
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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2:16.185
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 21.633
# 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 26.956
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.722
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.947
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
38.076
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.942
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.337
Then persistence is disabled 0.125
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.853
And all notifications have disappeared 7.911
When I delete the persistent partition 2.672
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:17.565
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 8.017
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.063
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 1:4.023
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
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55.263
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 8.312
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.444
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.495
And all notifications have disappeared 7.606
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.342
And all tps features are enabled 7.464
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.340
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:41.019
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 1:57.962
And I enable persistence 27.012
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.671
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.496
And persistence is enabled 7.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.942
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 7.646
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.812
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.564
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 8.050
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.437
When I enable persistence 13.539
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.745
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 7.712
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.335
When I try to enable persistence 1.293
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.194
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.244
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.137
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.132
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.811
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 8.071
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.172
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.991
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.128
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 8.065
And all notifications have disappeared 7.805
# 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" 0.114
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.073
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.188
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.414
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.177
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 7.868
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.120
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.313
When I try to enable persistence 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.530
When I log in to a new session 8.484
And all notifications have disappeared 6.596
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.311
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000