Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21079-secure-boot-disabled 4 02 May 2026, 13:23

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 22:23.816 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.889
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.059
And I update APT using apt 6.552
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.312
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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30.922
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 9.317
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.492
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.345
And persistence is disabled 0.157
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:40.458
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.390
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.334
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.103
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.580
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.446
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.156
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.240
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.169
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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29.020
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.474
And the system is very low on memory 3.650
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.142
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.697
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.098
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.418
And I free up some memory 0.827
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.575
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.573
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.569
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.306
And all tps features are active 1.313
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.880
When I disable the first tps feature 2.507
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.234
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.987
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.497
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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13.457
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.555
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.087
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I disable the first tps feature 3.051
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.060
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.439
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
12.975
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.312
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.090
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.047
And I disable the first tps feature 2.582
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.883
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
59.889
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.524
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 17.337
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.435
When I write some files expected to persist 1.288
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.405
# 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?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 12.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.411
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:31.394
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
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 17.778
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.213
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.492
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:17.468
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 22.994
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.400
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.066
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052
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41.887
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.962
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.071
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.132
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:53.252
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.214
When I enable persistence 14.542
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.878
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.672
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.372
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.249
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.570
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.253
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.168
When I cold reboot the computer 10.177
And the computer reboots Tails 38.416
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.320
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.179
Given I enable persistence 7.735
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.079
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.233
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.015
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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2:27.315
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.918
# 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 33.503
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.213
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:16.030
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
38.156
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.145
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.550
Then persistence is disabled 0.107
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.416
And all notifications have disappeared 7.770
When I delete the persistent partition 2.800
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.364
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:26.913
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.331
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.066
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.399
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.882
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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41.598
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.552
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.139
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.963
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.481
And all notifications have disappeared 7.888
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.307
And all tps features are enabled 1.120
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:4.234
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 31.289
And I enable persistence 19.694
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.201
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.526
And persistence is enabled 1.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.768
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.308
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.936
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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26.348
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.629
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.341
When I enable persistence 7.372
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.153
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.597
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.015
When I try to enable persistence 1.259
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.357
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.602
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.135
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.645
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.596
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.070
When I try to enable persistence 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.686
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 12.065
And all notifications have disappeared 8.788
# 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" 0.166
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.565
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.218
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.242
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.960
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.948
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.973
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.356
When I try to enable persistence 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.603
When I log in to a new session 10.479
And all notifications have disappeared 9.016
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.335
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000