Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21529-test-suite-vs-secure-boot-key-expiry 12 07 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 21:55.305 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.041
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.652
And I update APT using apt 5.967
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.237
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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28.996
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.882
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.980
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.287
And persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:39.992
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.122
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.295
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.145
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.085
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.438
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.472
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.226
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.164
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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27.732
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.150
And the system is very low on memory 3.529
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.191
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.596
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.081
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.363
And I free up some memory 0.875
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.858
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.430
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:33.320
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.472
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.302
And all tps features are active 1.314
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.957
When I disable the first tps feature 2.476
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.213
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.752
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.708
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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12.929
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.409
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.095
When I disable the first tps feature 2.564
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.056
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.065
When I enable the first tps feature 2.498
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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13.156
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.197
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.086
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.081
And I disable the first tps feature 2.555
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.191
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:3.076
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.447
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 17.253
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.175
When I write some files expected to persist 1.305
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.306
# 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" 12.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:22.955
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.713
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 16.351
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.122
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.077
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:16.272
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 21.783
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.370
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.063
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.080
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40.258
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.542
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 13.678
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.305
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:51.364
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.712
When I enable persistence 13.684
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.843
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.586
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.403
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.243
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.516
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.137
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.190
When I cold reboot the computer 10.281
And the computer reboots Tails 38.323
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.288
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.214
Given I enable persistence 7.453
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.079
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.204
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.010
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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2:8.153
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.540
# 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 24.149
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.439
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.263
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
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38.645
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.153
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.226
Then persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.101
And all notifications have disappeared 8.453
When I delete the persistent partition 3.269
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.349
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:25.201
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.007
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.064
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.608
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.290
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.019
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43.538
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.546
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.339
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.589
And all notifications have disappeared 7.776
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.383
And all tps features are enabled 1.405
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:5.912
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 31.790
And I enable persistence 20.413
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.363
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.607
And persistence is enabled 1.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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22.995
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.070
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.319
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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27.308
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.736
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.379
When I enable persistence 6.982
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.042
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
26.308
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.396
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.027
When I try to enable persistence 1.283
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.399
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.679
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.066
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.176
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.959
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.881
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.082
When I try to enable persistence 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.056
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.223
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 10.997
And all notifications have disappeared 9.555
# 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" 0.184
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.516
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.234
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.276
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.458
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.032
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.942
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.358
When I try to enable persistence 1.147
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.917
When I log in to a new session 11.235
And all notifications have disappeared 8.613
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.476
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000