Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21461-update-chutney 18 09 Aug 2026, 22:19

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 24:2.109 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.504
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 1:19.303
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.299
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.241
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.732
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 8.387
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.916
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.212
And persistence is disabled 0.093
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.383
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 8.656
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.320
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.080
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.084
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.229
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.768
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.150
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
29.964
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 8.062
And the system is very low on memory 4.625
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.274
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.406
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.115
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.386
And I free up some memory 0.468
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.588
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:47.572
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 8.535
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.298
And all tps features are active 9.024
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.682
When I disable the first tps feature 2.434
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.616
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.478
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.996
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.205
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 7.804
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.120
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I disable the first tps feature 2.563
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.035
When I enable the first tps feature 2.420
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.221
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 7.588
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
And I disable the first tps feature 2.485
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.988
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.294
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 7.801
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 9.134
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.443
When I write some files expected to persist 1.147
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.254
# 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" 11.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.584
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 8.031
And the network is plugged 0.054
And Tor is ready 8.491
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.150
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.366
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.317
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 10.578
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.379
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.097
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.088
Tags: @product
39.721
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.351
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.077
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.078
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:51.848
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 8.691
When I enable persistence 22.232
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.710
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.483
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.313
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.313
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.483
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.187
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.136
When I cold reboot the computer 6.181
And the computer reboots Tails 33.114
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.305
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.233
Given I enable persistence 14.846
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.067
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.290
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.116
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:9.226
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 8.461
# 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 29.930
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.329
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.325
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
36.057
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 7.849
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.615
Then persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.646
And all notifications have disappeared 7.034
When I delete the persistent partition 2.769
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:16.552
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 8.046
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.062
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.322
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.816
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
55.039
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 7.918
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.929
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.165
And all notifications have disappeared 8.142
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.319
And all tps features are enabled 8.352
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:49.479
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 2:59.708
And I enable persistence 32.683
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.526
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.536
And persistence is enabled 10.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.396
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 7.745
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 25.157
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.370
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 8.423
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.387
When I enable persistence 15.782
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.041
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.875
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 8.263
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.580
When I try to enable persistence 1.231
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.026
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.122
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.090
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.340
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.988
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 7.860
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.167
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.531
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.388
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 8.116
And all notifications have disappeared 8.306
# 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" 0.358
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.073
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.140
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.082
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.090
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 7.954
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.639
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.240
When I try to enable persistence 1.203
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.905
When I log in to a new session 7.565
And all notifications have disappeared 6.528
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.121
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000