Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21529-test-suite-vs-secure-boot-key-expiry 1 28 Apr 2026, 23:12

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 20:52.243 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.212
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.563
And I update APT using apt 5.535
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.282
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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28.060
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 8.474
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.569
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.270
And persistence is disabled 0.083
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:35.110
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.378
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.285
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.097
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.158
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.418
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.573
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.885
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.261
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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27.973
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.494
And the system is very low on memory 4.244
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.241
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.401
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.125
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.358
And I free up some memory 0.816
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.234
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:25.894
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 8.339
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.306
And all tps features are active 1.237
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.956
When I disable the first tps feature 2.490
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.038
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.679
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.721
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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12.889
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 7.586
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.049
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I disable the first tps feature 2.499
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.040
When I enable the first tps feature 2.443
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.045
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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12.929
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 7.344
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
And I disable the first tps feature 2.536
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.883
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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59.987
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 7.209
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 15.868
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.206
When I write some files expected to persist 1.124
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.591
# 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" 11.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:22.707
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 7.323
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 15.930
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.125
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.588
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.034
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 22.134
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.356
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.050
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.054
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36.565
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 8.604
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.122
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.018
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:46.039
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.416
When I enable persistence 12.900
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.110
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.411
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.268
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.194
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.519
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.323
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.139
When I cold reboot the computer 10.269
And the computer reboots Tails 36.572
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.301
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.218
Given I enable persistence 6.954
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.065
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.249
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.979
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
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2:5.666
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 8.270
# 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 27.622
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.234
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.179
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.359
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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37.404
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.124
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.710
Then persistence is disabled 0.164
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.162
And all notifications have disappeared 8.138
When I delete the persistent partition 2.762
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.340
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:15.419
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 7.580
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.044
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.416
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.142
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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39.885
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.941
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.249
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.117
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.043
And all notifications have disappeared 7.962
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.243
And all tps features are enabled 1.076
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:1.728
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 30.398
And I enable persistence 19.428
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.710
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.564
And persistence is enabled 1.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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22.494
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 7.147
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.742
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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24.701
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 8.117
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.033
When I enable persistence 6.797
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.042
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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23.992
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 7.742
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.423
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.902
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.334
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.083
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.177
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.312
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 7.550
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.147
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.258
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.209
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 11.398
And all notifications have disappeared 8.728
# 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" 0.165
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.359
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.155
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.361
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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40.269
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 7.412
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.423
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.371
When I try to enable persistence 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.123
When I log in to a new session 10.138
And all notifications have disappeared 7.569
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.292
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000