Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21461-update-chutney 9 30 Jul 2026, 22:44

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 23:34.138 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.634
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 1:18.042
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.661
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.255
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.305
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 8.567
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.188
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.165
And persistence is disabled 0.082
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.301
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.983
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 8.759
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.262
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.079
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.769
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.604
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.251
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.154
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026
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29.720
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 8.020
And the system is very low on memory 5.010
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.168
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.008
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.096
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.347
And I free up some memory 0.558
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.440
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:45.780
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 8.107
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.305
And all tps features are active 7.923
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.832
When I disable the first tps feature 2.515
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.408
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.627
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.775
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.284
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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13.250
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 7.756
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.188
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.050
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I disable the first tps feature 2.518
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.038
When I enable the first tps feature 2.506
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.312
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 7.574
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.101
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
And I disable the first tps feature 2.481
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.052
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.870
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 7.857
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 8.338
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.026
When I write some files expected to persist 1.025
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.202
# 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" 11.396
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.397
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.505
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 7.828
And the network is plugged 0.068
And Tor is ready 9.655
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.090
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.456
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.177
And I capture all network traffic 0.012
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 10.547
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.430
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.085
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047
Tags: @product
37.944
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 8.536
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.087
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.393
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:2.725
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 21.574
When I enable persistence 22.152
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.258
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.065
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.211
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.134
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.615
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.252
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.126
When I cold reboot the computer 5.884
And the computer reboots Tails 33.598
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.330
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.252
Given I enable persistence 13.134
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.096
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.281
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.608
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:3.937
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 8.152
# 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 29.389
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.613
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.301
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.480
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
37.980
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 7.795
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.613
Then persistence is disabled 0.073
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.947
And all notifications have disappeared 8.660
When I delete the persistent partition 2.627
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:16.878
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 7.850
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.064
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.330
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.437
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
55.232
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 8.009
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.137
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.691
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.057
And all notifications have disappeared 8.704
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.263
And all tps features are enabled 7.445
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:16.067
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 2:28.449
And I enable persistence 30.516
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.411
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.476
And persistence is enabled 9.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.517
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.423
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.600
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.228
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 8.452
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.791
When I enable persistence 15.338
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.248
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 8.417
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.999
When I try to enable persistence 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.179
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.269
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.080
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.131
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.077
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 7.751
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.106
When I try to enable persistence 1.146
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.724
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.285
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I log in to a new session 8.546
And all notifications have disappeared 8.058
# 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" 0.205
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.112
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.180
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.178
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.936
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 7.844
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.766
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.322
When I try to enable persistence 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.165
When I log in to a new session 8.421
And all notifications have disappeared 7.280
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.128
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000