Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21529-test-suite-vs-secure-boot-key-expiry 5 02 May 2026, 23:29

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 25:16.118 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:39.256
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 1:25.623
And I update APT using apt 6.441
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.272
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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43.883
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 9.015
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.406
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.265
And persistence is disabled 0.088
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 14.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:3.872
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 21.852
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.326
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.106
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 26.335
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.402
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.394
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.008
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.312
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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34.123
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 7.603
And the system is very low on memory 8.151
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.236
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.275
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.184
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.419
And I free up some memory 0.808
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.357
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:43.124
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 8.635
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.415
And all tps features are active 1.141
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.988
When I disable the first tps feature 2.604
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.247
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.274
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.636
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
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13.491
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 7.792
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.085
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.116
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I disable the first tps feature 2.662
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.069
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.511
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.247
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 7.403
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.086
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.099
And I disable the first tps feature 2.758
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.862
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:2.546
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 enabled and logged in 7.627
And the network is plugged 0.066
And Tor is ready 18.935
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.304
When I write some files expected to persist 1.413
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.621
# 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" 13.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:33.213
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 7.735
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 19.995
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.153
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.494
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:17.067
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 23.107
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.420
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.061
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.083
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45.073
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 8.556
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.112
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 17.366
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:59.058
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 9.390
When I enable persistence 20.986
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.079
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.609
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.387
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.281
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.548
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.075
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.173
When I cold reboot the computer 10.438
And the computer reboots Tails 37.206
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.343
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.310
Given I enable persistence 7.432
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.101
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.277
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.248
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:37.812
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 9.190
# 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 45.766
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.594
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.197
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 25.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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1:0.599
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 8.737
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.052
Then persistence is disabled 0.097
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 17.054
And all notifications have disappeared 8.420
When I delete the persistent partition 2.856
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:28.542
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 7.996
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.512
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.692
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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49.302
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.399
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.662
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.622
And all notifications have disappeared 7.880
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.244
And all tps features are enabled 1.947
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.300
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:25.641
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 44.798
And I enable persistence 27.928
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.544
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.626
And persistence is enabled 1.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.341
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 7.391
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.325
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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37.590
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 8.524
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 20.346
When I enable persistence 7.003
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
39.088
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 7.759
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 22.299
When I try to enable persistence 1.443
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.536
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.619
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.158
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
50.257
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 7.460
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.856
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.036
When I log in to a new session 12.722
And all notifications have disappeared 10.408
# 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" 0.277
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.641
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.194
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.392
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
53.050
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 7.698
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 16.934
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.296
When I try to enable persistence 1.253
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.658
When I log in to a new session 11.547
And all notifications have disappeared 9.407
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.399
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000