Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21643-uefi-db 1 09 Jun 2026, 14:32

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 22:26.914 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:40.513
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:25.156
And I update the APT lists using apt 8.136
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.330
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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32.135
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 9.335
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.113
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.344
And persistence is disabled 0.107
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:50.900
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.630
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.362
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.131
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.465
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.068
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.111
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.883
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.192
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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31.582
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.272
And the system is very low on memory 3.930
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.263
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.600
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.155
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.415
And I free up some memory 0.959
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.925
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:42.298
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.802
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.310
And all tps features are active 1.792
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.301
When I disable the first tps feature 3.408
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.467
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.100
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.942
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.029
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14.761
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.465
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.098
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.071
When I disable the first tps feature 3.119
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.084
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.040
When I enable the first tps feature 2.708
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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14.492
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.728
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.089
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.103
And I disable the first tps feature 2.710
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.774
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
47.624
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.955
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 14.248
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.379
When I write some files expected to persist 1.631
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.947
# 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" 13.436
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:53.751
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.573
And the network is plugged 0.236
And Tor is ready 10.391
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.147
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.849
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.629
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.339
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.375
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.083
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.061
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44.462
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.208
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.070
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.279
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:59.992
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 9.387
When I enable persistence 14.599
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.997
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.803
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.399
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.261
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.534
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.441
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.211
When I cold reboot the computer 10.849
And the computer reboots Tails 42.586
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.348
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.204
Given I enable persistence 8.075
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.102
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.348
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.662
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.032
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2:9.499
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.921
# 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 25.391
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.962
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:9.340
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.039
Tags: @product
40.693
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.826
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.754
Then persistence is disabled 0.105
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.474
And all notifications have disappeared 8.061
When I delete the persistent partition 2.986
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:31.237
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.385
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.064
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.630
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.789
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.367
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.024
Tags: @product
48.635
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.643
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.082
When I try to enable persistence 1.272
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.889
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.687
And all notifications have disappeared 8.296
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.625
And all tps features are enabled 1.793
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.344
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:11.831
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 34.424
And I enable persistence 23.176
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.728
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.579
And persistence is enabled 1.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.589
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.735
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.272
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
27.298
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.566
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.289
When I enable persistence 7.503
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
25.234
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.969
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.719
When I try to enable persistence 1.259
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.143
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.544
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.150
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.921
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.034
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.249
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.695
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.237
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.070
When I log in to a new session 13.157
And all notifications have disappeared 10.276
# 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" 0.228
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.751
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.265
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.175
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.457
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.855
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.198
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.340
When I try to enable persistence 1.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.113
When I log in to a new session 12.158
And all notifications have disappeared 9.314
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.521
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000