Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21681-dont-create-tilde-directory-in-home 2 15 Jul 2026, 09:08

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 24:21.257 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:40.189
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:24.245
And I update the APT lists using apt 8.440
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.435
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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34.910
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 9.953
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.974
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.286
And persistence is disabled 0.191
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:53.961
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.773
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.370
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.138
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 22.895
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.953
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.518
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.201
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
32.724
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.426
And the system is very low on memory 5.049
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.196
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.346
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.097
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.505
And I free up some memory 0.811
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.209
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:55.284
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.747
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.314
And all tps features are active 6.194
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.888
When I disable the first tps feature 2.731
Then all tps features but the first one are active 6.147
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.328
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.270
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048
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14.651
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.023
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.566
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.083
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.078
When I disable the first tps feature 3.120
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.063
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.048
When I enable the first tps feature 2.511
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
14.236
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.771
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.083
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.079
And I disable the first tps feature 3.181
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.063
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.542
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.342
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 13.212
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.284
When I write some files expected to persist 1.361
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.893
# 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? (tails/tails#10330)
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 13.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:58.706
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.489
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 11.551
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.142
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.333
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:16.765
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.757
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.387
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.090
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.060
Tags: @product
46.828
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.037
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.152
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 16.672
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:16.638
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 9.088
When I enable persistence 22.964
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.443
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.376
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.308
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.227
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.537
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.417
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.176
When I cold reboot the computer 9.413
And the computer reboots Tails 42.017
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.407
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.375
Given I enable persistence 15.850
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.080
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.273
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.502
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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2:19.953
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.856
# 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 27.926
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.827
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:13.332
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product
47.728
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.666
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.800
Then persistence is disabled 0.110
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.293
And all notifications have disappeared 9.736
When I delete the persistent partition 2.738
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.383
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.880
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.243
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.068
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.732
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.557
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.279
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
58.294
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.918
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.170
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.896
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.514
And all notifications have disappeared 8.031
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.392
And all tps features are enabled 6.086
And all tps features but the first one are active 6.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:23.217
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 36.308
And I enable persistence 28.199
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.850
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.682
And persistence is enabled 6.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.442
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.488
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.345
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
38.795
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.895
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.186
When I enable persistence 12.176
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.478
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
34.034
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 9.212
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.811
When I try to enable persistence 1.312
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.113
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.551
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.165
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.316
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.464
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.098
When I try to enable persistence 1.194
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.327
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.279
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I log in to a new session 11.247
And all notifications have disappeared 9.992
# 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" 0.297
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.536
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.285
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.732
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.917
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.980
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.171
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.402
When I try to enable persistence 1.199
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.175
When I log in to a new session 12.400
And all notifications have disappeared 9.032
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.741
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000