Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21769-fix-chutney-configure-freeze 2 01 Oct 2026, 01:57

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 23:38.832 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.753
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 1:17.139
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.477
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.336
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.555
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 8.370
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.703
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.219
And persistence is disabled 0.066
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.056
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 9.035
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.442
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.085
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.762
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.079
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.292
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.155
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.148
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
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29.575
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 8.065
And the system is very low on memory 4.294
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.313
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.405
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 2.433
And I free up some memory 0.561
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.320
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:51.154
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 8.582
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.334
And all tps features are active 8.266
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.965
When I disable the first tps feature 2.539
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.783
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.745
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.923
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.523
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 8.147
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.084
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.084
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.067
When I disable the first tps feature 2.476
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.061
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.049
When I enable the first tps feature 2.459
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.044
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.348
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 7.679
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.187
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
And I disable the first tps feature 2.538
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.839
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.994
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.832
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 9.213
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.796
When I write some files expected to persist 0.993
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.259
# 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" 11.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.172
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 7.718
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 9.627
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.103
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.289
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.964
And I capture all network traffic 0.011
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 10.840
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.413
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.047
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059
Tags: @product
39.463
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 8.303
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.092
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.160
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.674
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 8.444
When I enable persistence 21.386
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.790
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.787
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.390
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.295
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.589
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.149
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.114
When I cold reboot the computer 5.865
And the computer reboots Tails 33.306
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.289
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.182
Given I enable persistence 14.415
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.061
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.294
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.163
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
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2:6.306
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 enabled and logged in 8.566
# 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 28.797
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.281
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.537
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033
Tags: @product
38.545
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 8.495
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.021
Then persistence is disabled 0.082
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.334
And all notifications have disappeared 8.614
When I delete the persistent partition 2.759
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:16.916
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 8.153
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.076
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.339
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.142
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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58.603
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 8.772
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.076
When I try to enable persistence 1.190
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.068
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.283
And all notifications have disappeared 8.524
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.236
And all tps features are enabled 7.306
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:13.421
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 2:24.924
And I enable persistence 29.366
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.954
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.494
And persistence is enabled 9.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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33.250
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.931
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.865
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.453
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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41.674
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 8.638
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.851
When I enable persistence 12.647
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.033
And persistence is successfully enabled 10.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.460
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.738
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 8.628
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.926
When I try to enable persistence 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.471
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.120
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.139
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.207
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.119
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 8.177
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.149
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.921
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.266
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.033
When I log in to a new session 8.531
And all notifications have disappeared 8.593
# 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" 0.245
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.115
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.157
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.079
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.980
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 8.390
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.397
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.296
When I try to enable persistence 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 1.797
When I log in to a new session 7.882
And all notifications have disappeared 8.366
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.993
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000