Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21769-gather-chutney-configure-backtrace 2 08 Sep 2026, 16:04

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 25:32.880 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.824
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 1:23.611
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.208
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.270
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.501
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 9.368
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.499
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.224
And persistence is disabled 0.124
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:53.381
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 23.884
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.278
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.084
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.669
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 5.450
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.749
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.158
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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32.489
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 10.426
And the system is very low on memory 4.282
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.172
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.759
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.136
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.622
And I free up some memory 0.589
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.445
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:55.241
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 8.730
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.410
And all tps features are active 10.274
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.758
When I disable the first tps feature 2.466
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.656
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.925
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.353
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
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14.068
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 8.546
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.076
When I disable the first tps feature 2.580
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.046
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.043
When I enable the first tps feature 2.542
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.794
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 8.249
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.091
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
And I disable the first tps feature 2.476
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.851
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
48.812
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 8.453
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 13.728
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.003
When I write some files expected to persist 1.426
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.474
# 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" 12.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:47.719
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 8.298
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 11.546
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.111
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.365
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.584
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 12.233
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.337
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.083
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.064
Tags: @product
39.969
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 9.047
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.099
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.846
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:0.750
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 9.416
When I enable persistence 22.752
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.454
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.743
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.540
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.404
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.797
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.323
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.143
When I cold reboot the computer 5.909
And the computer reboots Tails 35.783
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.325
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.173
Given I enable persistence 15.459
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.078
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.310
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.004
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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2:14.482
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.154
# 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 30.352
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.442
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:9.118
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.414
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product
42.582
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 8.960
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.499
Then persistence is disabled 0.097
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.743
And all notifications have disappeared 9.132
When I delete the persistent partition 2.753
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.395
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:26.229
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 8.898
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.064
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.752
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.272
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
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1:2.405
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 9.491
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.194
When I try to enable persistence 1.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.967
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.469
And all notifications have disappeared 8.874
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.344
And all tps features are enabled 8.069
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:33.483
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 2:41.083
And I enable persistence 32.117
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.083
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.556
And persistence is enabled 10.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
34.805
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 8.132
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 25.845
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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42.544
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.110
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.085
When I enable persistence 14.434
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.823
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.051
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.045
When I try to enable persistence 1.367
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.984
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.331
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.356
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.077
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.180
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.428
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.725
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 8.424
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.079
When I try to enable persistence 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.611
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.109
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 9.753
And all notifications have disappeared 9.042
# 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" 0.139
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.090
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.199
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.159
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.242
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 8.953
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.198
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.337
When I try to enable persistence 1.251
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.386
When I log in to a new session 10.375
And all notifications have disappeared 8.479
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.346
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000