Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21643-uefi-db 4 12 Jun 2026, 02:12

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 21:17.589 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.549
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.162
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.340
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.294
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.912
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 8.547
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.646
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.261
And persistence is disabled 0.089
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.368
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.066
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.715
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.358
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.107
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.555
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.536
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.509
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.171
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
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28.091
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.546
And the system is very low on memory 3.602
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.145
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.573
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.087
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.374
And I free up some memory 0.817
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.900
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.653
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 8.501
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.263
And all tps features are active 5.157
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.017
When I disable the first tps feature 2.500
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.698
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.387
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.394
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
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12.759
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.466
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.086
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I disable the first tps feature 2.461
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.043
When I enable the first tps feature 2.423
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.741
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 7.302
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
And I disable the first tps feature 2.463
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.796
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.396
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 enabled and logged in 7.371
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 9.613
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.811
When I write some files expected to persist 1.138
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.718
# 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" 11.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.440
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.151
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.483
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 8.179
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.123
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.540
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.460
And I capture all network traffic 0.011
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 11.666
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.485
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.085
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062
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37.311
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.556
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.076
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.385
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.293
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:51.282
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 8.654
When I enable persistence 16.592
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.635
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.348
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.369
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.239
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.525
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.870
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.134
When I cold reboot the computer 8.797
And the computer reboots Tails 35.905
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.302
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.202
Given I enable persistence 10.466
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.073
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.229
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.742
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
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2:13.757
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.340
# 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 28.387
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.614
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.594
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
Tags: @product
38.989
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 8.330
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.420
Then persistence is disabled 0.116
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.984
And all notifications have disappeared 8.082
When I delete the persistent partition 2.665
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.388
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:22.016
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 enabled and logged in 8.041
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.067
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.721
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.967
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
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46.535
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.947
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.078
When I try to enable persistence 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.229
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.097
And all notifications have disappeared 7.482
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.238
And all tps features are enabled 4.376
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:8.741
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
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 30.746
And I enable persistence 22.926
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.416
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.510
And persistence is enabled 5.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.171
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.005
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.640
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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32.548
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 8.340
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.243
When I enable persistence 10.572
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.068
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.323
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.279
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 7.579
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.853
When I try to enable persistence 1.315
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.205
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.274
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.143
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.180
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 7.734
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.045
When I try to enable persistence 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.256
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 11.369
And all notifications have disappeared 8.492
# 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" 0.210
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.391
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.156
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.317
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
53.451
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 20.276
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.390
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.312
When I try to enable persistence 1.140
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.733
When I log in to a new session 10.212
And all notifications have disappeared 8.393
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.313
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000