Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21529-test-suite-vs-secure-boot-key-expiry 6 03 May 2026, 23:09

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 21:3.726 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.500
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:16.979
And I update APT using apt 6.206
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.226
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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28.342
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 8.641
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.812
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.254
And persistence is disabled 0.108
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.524
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:35.966
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 8.277
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.293
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.833
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.428
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.265
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.545
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.183
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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28.408
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 7.433
And the system is very low on memory 3.500
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.239
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.968
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.128
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.422
And I free up some memory 0.857
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.799
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:31.028
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 8.395
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.315
And all tps features are active 1.408
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.079
When I disable the first tps feature 2.588
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.108
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.878
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.157
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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12.685
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 7.373
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I disable the first tps feature 2.490
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.040
When I enable the first tps feature 2.454
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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12.849
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 7.256
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
And I disable the first tps feature 2.591
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.833
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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46.407
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 7.204
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 15.988
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.478
When I write some files expected to persist 1.416
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.468
# 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" 11.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.344
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:25.219
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 7.556
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 16.903
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.130
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 25.382
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.532
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 22.089
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.415
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.057
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.060
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38.776
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.433
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.105
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.025
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.316
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:44.054
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 8.531
When I enable persistence 13.852
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.574
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.414
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.366
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.248
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.514
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.842
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.134
When I cold reboot the computer 6.264
And the computer reboots Tails 36.303
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.274
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.164
Given I enable persistence 7.538
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.087
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.208
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.577
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:11.733
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 8.354
# 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 29.433
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.116
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.268
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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36.884
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 7.757
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.758
Then persistence is disabled 0.106
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.357
And all notifications have disappeared 7.713
When I delete the persistent partition 2.851
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:20.796
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 7.453
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.052
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.397
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.667
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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42.258
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 7.732
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.912
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.908
And all notifications have disappeared 7.925
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.273
And all tps features are enabled 1.062
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:3.014
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 30.700
And I enable persistence 20.012
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.112
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.588
And persistence is enabled 1.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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22.050
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 6.904
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.490
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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23.872
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 7.904
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.486
When I enable persistence 6.661
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.757
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 6.985
When I try to enable persistence 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.022
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.183
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.444
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.164
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.175
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 7.728
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.216
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.820
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.031
When I log in to a new session 11.548
And all notifications have disappeared 9.758
# 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" 0.150
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.455
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.162
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.394
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.942
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 7.470
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.870
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.316
When I try to enable persistence 1.280
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.555
When I log in to a new session 10.333
And all notifications have disappeared 7.942
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.425
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000