Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21643-uefi-db 2 10 Jun 2026, 01:59

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 19:42.392 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.904
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 1:16.839
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.934
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.249
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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27.725
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 8.636
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.242
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.215
And persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.294
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:35.306
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 8.470
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.302
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.093
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.183
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.194
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.802
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.166
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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28.426
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.688
And the system is very low on memory 3.424
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.144
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.636
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.148
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.424
And I free up some memory 0.861
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.038
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:27.059
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 7.996
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.306
And all tps features are active 1.205
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.910
When I disable the first tps feature 2.458
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.284
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.332
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.376
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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12.816
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 enabled and logged in 7.491
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.074
When I disable the first tps feature 2.463
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.040
When I enable the first tps feature 2.424
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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12.514
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 6.914
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.085
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
And I disable the first tps feature 2.537
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.876
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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37.953
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 7.112
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 8.303
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.190
When I write some files expected to persist 1.332
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.353
# 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" 11.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.349
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:36.885
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 enabled and logged in 7.140
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 9.883
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.131
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.424
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.452
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 12.265
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.373
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.079
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.051
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37.278
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 8.420
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.087
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.031
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:44.114
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 8.471
When I enable persistence 12.888
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.613
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.394
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.275
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.227
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.490
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.516
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.128
When I cold reboot the computer 10.169
And the computer reboots Tails 35.279
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.251
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.194
Given I enable persistence 6.607
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.073
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.272
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.120
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.022
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2:3.351
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.818
# 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 26.070
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.138
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.309
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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36.242
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.758
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.926
Then persistence is disabled 0.130
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.384
And all notifications have disappeared 7.993
When I delete the persistent partition 2.656
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:19.875
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 7.648
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.075
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.389
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.537
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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39.266
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.534
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.042
When I try to enable persistence 1.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.332
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.975
And all notifications have disappeared 7.609
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.313
And all tps features are enabled 1.197
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:0.340
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 29.698
And I enable persistence 18.650
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.993
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.534
And persistence is enabled 1.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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22.100
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 6.916
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.642
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.931
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 8.042
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.775
When I enable persistence 6.409
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.033
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 7.522
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.323
When I try to enable persistence 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.128
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.339
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.162
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.125
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 7.187
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.659
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.153
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I log in to a new session 10.310
And all notifications have disappeared 9.784
# 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" 0.155
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.446
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.179
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.341
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.140
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 7.410
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.250
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.319
When I try to enable persistence 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.779
When I log in to a new session 10.478
And all notifications have disappeared 8.390
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.471
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000