Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21769-gather-chutney-configure-backtrace-take-2 1 14 Sep 2026, 19:51

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 22:51.178 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.481
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 1:19.286
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.176
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.257
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.263
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 8.618
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.570
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.255
And persistence is disabled 0.078
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:31.877
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 8.509
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.292
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.112
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.901
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.533
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.202
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.150
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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28.973
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 8.313
And the system is very low on memory 4.365
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.374
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.825
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.120
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.335
And I free up some memory 0.569
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.022
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:47.526
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 8.502
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.327
And all tps features are active 7.796
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.502
When I disable the first tps feature 2.458
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.802
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.442
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.510
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031
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13.370
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 8.033
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.104
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I disable the first tps feature 2.474
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.465
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.041
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.844
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 8.045
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.099
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
And I disable the first tps feature 2.704
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.878
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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43.289
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 7.939
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 10.607
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.636
When I write some files expected to persist 1.275
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.281
# 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" 11.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.460
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.826
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 7.775
And the network is plugged 0.052
And Tor is ready 9.478
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.139
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.422
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.724
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 10.605
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.407
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.050
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035
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39.230
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 8.833
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.096
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.754
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.043
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 8.896
When I enable persistence 22.744
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.813
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.204
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.405
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.368
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.555
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.202
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.131
When I cold reboot the computer 5.895
And the computer reboots Tails 33.217
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.213
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.225
Given I enable persistence 11.961
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.071
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.145
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.874
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:9.198
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 8.313
# 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 29.329
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.274
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.747
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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37.271
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 8.573
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.003
Then persistence is disabled 0.079
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.580
And all notifications have disappeared 8.218
When I delete the persistent partition 2.571
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:20.103
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 8.285
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.060
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.449
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.110
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040
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56.912
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 8.673
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.073
When I try to enable persistence 1.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.385
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.873
And all notifications have disappeared 8.168
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.291
And all tps features are enabled 9.782
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.478
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:38.027
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 1:54.934
And I enable persistence 26.646
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.003
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.541
And persistence is enabled 7.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.424
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 7.465
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.426
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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38.744
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 8.663
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.060
When I enable persistence 12.984
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.038
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.560
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 8.323
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.631
When I try to enable persistence 1.262
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.475
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.093
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.483
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.066
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.216
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.436
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.006
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.190
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.712
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.111
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 9.422
And all notifications have disappeared 9.346
# 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" 0.135
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.317
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.167
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.068
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.771
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 8.745
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.889
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.306
When I try to enable persistence 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.745
When I log in to a new session 8.271
And all notifications have disappeared 6.644
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 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000