Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21461-update-chutney 8 30 Jul 2026, 13:09

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 21:0.996 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.304
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.283
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.045
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.234
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.781
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 8.134
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.586
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.252
And persistence is disabled 0.088
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.335
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 8.197
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.323
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.115
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.863
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.380
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.188
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.181
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
28.744
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 7.165
And the system is very low on memory 4.391
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.220
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.528
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.114
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.365
And I free up some memory 0.939
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.971
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.478
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 7.992
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.303
And all tps features are active 5.047
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.946
When I disable the first tps feature 2.513
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.772
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.776
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.519
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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12.620
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 7.261
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I disable the first tps feature 2.497
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.479
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.512
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 6.990
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
And I disable the first tps feature 2.489
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.849
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.234
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 7.073
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 10.009
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.852
When I write some files expected to persist 1.124
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.450
# 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" 11.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.722
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 7.194
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 9.815
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 6.784
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.409
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 12.707
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.385
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.093
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037
Tags: @product
41.009
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 8.148
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.074
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.377
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.408
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.973
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 8.144
When I enable persistence 18.399
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.644
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.340
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.301
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.248
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.557
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.630
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.149
When I cold reboot the computer 6.138
And the computer reboots Tails 35.634
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.245
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.182
Given I enable persistence 9.870
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.205
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.085
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:12.170
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 7.756
# 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 30.971
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.458
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.655
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
39.080
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 8.091
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.651
Then persistence is disabled 0.109
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.178
And all notifications have disappeared 7.987
When I delete the persistent partition 2.704
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:19.517
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 7.633
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.046
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.404
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.189
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.073
Tags: @product
48.212
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.571
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.045
When I try to enable persistence 1.144
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.814
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.222
And all notifications have disappeared 7.775
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.303
And all tps features are enabled 4.760
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:9.518
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 30.718
And I enable persistence 24.564
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.286
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.587
And persistence is enabled 5.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.060
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 6.968
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 17.543
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.852
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 7.543
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.395
When I enable persistence 10.339
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.611
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 7.130
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.435
When I try to enable persistence 1.301
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.293
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.257
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.068
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.151
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.778
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 7.085
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.190
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.864
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 10.515
And all notifications have disappeared 9.244
# 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" 0.121
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.392
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.173
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.258
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.477
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 7.299
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.928
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.344
When I try to enable persistence 1.155
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.883
When I log in to a new session 9.884
And all notifications have disappeared 8.769
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 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000