Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21529-test-suite-vs-secure-boot-key-expiry 10 06 May 2026, 23:08

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 20:57.854 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.992
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.823
And I update APT using apt 6.118
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.229
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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27.604
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 8.539
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.091
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.229
And persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:38.405
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.608
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.348
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.103
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.689
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.431
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.273
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.727
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.164
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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28.574
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 7.234
And the system is very low on memory 3.387
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.184
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.741
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.121
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.437
And I free up some memory 0.992
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.405
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:26.561
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 8.015
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.334
And all tps features are active 1.351
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.162
When I disable the first tps feature 2.490
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.195
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.354
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.520
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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12.780
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 7.238
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I disable the first tps feature 2.503
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.032
When I enable the first tps feature 2.671
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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12.795
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 7.152
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
And I disable the first tps feature 2.597
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.887
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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52.690
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 enabled and logged in 7.164
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 17.875
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.162
When I write some files expected to persist 1.117
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.549
# 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" 11.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:19.685
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 7.422
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 18.207
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.114
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.855
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.379
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 22.043
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.422
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.085
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037
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36.167
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.584
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.057
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.958
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:47.661
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 8.563
When I enable persistence 13.076
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.865
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.143
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.343
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.228
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.538
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.282
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.154
When I cold reboot the computer 10.255
And the computer reboots Tails 36.960
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.234
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.209
Given I enable persistence 7.277
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.080
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.241
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.027
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:6.354
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 8.060
# 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 26.215
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.659
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.558
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
35.786
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 7.698
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.960
Then persistence is disabled 0.098
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.288
And all notifications have disappeared 7.734
When I delete the persistent partition 2.695
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.309
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:19.363
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 7.644
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.063
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.520
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.884
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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41.208
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 7.894
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.687
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.264
And all notifications have disappeared 7.705
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.290
And all tps features are enabled 1.042
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:2.132
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 31.940
And I enable persistence 18.605
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.569
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.539
And persistence is enabled 1.478
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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22.306
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 7.151
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.643
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.512
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.597
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 8.215
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.937
When I enable persistence 6.629
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.035
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.756
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 7.795
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.523
When I try to enable persistence 1.266
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.381
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.341
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.112
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.158
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.616
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 7.515
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.487
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 11.007
And all notifications have disappeared 9.267
# 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" 0.232
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.459
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.264
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.268
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.811
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 7.525
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.682
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.380
When I try to enable persistence 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.749
When I log in to a new session 11.783
And all notifications have disappeared 9.507
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.099
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000