Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21529-test-suite-vs-secure-boot-key-expiry 4 01 May 2026, 23:13

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 21:23.588 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:28.772
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 1:15.755
And I update APT using apt 5.973
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.243
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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27.227
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 8.350
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.723
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.246
And persistence is disabled 0.083
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:36.238
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 8.500
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.293
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.095
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.703
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.407
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.425
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.557
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.178
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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27.798
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 7.313
And the system is very low on memory 3.414
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.261
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.487
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.083
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.347
And I free up some memory 0.838
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.981
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:31.206
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 8.241
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.342
And all tps features are active 1.278
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.781
When I disable the first tps feature 2.503
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.236
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.772
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.088
Then all tps features but the first one are active 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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12.908
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 7.548
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.123
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I disable the first tps feature 2.530
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.037
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.039
When I enable the first tps feature 2.425
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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12.589
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 6.973
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
And I disable the first tps feature 2.612
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.835
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:5.364
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 7.060
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 31.779
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.275
When I write some files expected to persist 1.187
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.096
# 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" 11.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:43.125
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 7.230
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 32.313
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.112
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.239
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:21.465
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 23.158
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.393
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.058
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.099
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37.247
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.026
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.393
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.093
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.081
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.390
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:43.281
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 8.334
When I enable persistence 12.587
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.503
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.184
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.314
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.221
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.552
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.383
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.168
When I cold reboot the computer 10.108
And the computer reboots Tails 35.478
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.281
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.251
Given I enable persistence 6.824
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.073
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.235
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.602
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:5.970
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 7.906
# 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 29.430
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.957
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 59.800
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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36.967
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 8.194
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.974
Then persistence is disabled 0.101
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.143
And all notifications have disappeared 7.512
When I delete the persistent partition 2.723
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.317
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:14.814
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 7.569
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.037
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.355
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.635
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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41.853
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 8.284
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.190
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.143
And all notifications have disappeared 7.513
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.282
And all tps features are enabled 1.003
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:0.059
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 29.906
And I enable persistence 18.272
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.628
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.695
And persistence is enabled 1.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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21.920
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 6.985
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.261
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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24.933
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 7.855
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.518
When I enable persistence 6.797
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.142
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 7.475
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.349
When I try to enable persistence 1.290
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.263
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.360
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.147
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.644
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 7.471
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.067
When I try to enable persistence 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.479
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 11.791
And all notifications have disappeared 8.649
# 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" 0.206
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.370
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.161
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.338
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.524
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 7.785
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.104
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.332
When I try to enable persistence 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.059
When I log in to a new session 11.203
And all notifications have disappeared 9.167
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.737
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000