Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21810-tca-vs-empty-bridge-strings 10 13 Oct 2026, 21:59

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 23:29.750 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:1.650
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 1:21.068
And I update the APT lists using apt 36.218
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.393
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.631
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 8.787
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.077
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.198
And persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.483
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.589
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.260
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.522
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.040
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.352
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.369
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.217
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
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30.046
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.376
And the system is very low on memory 4.220
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.272
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.296
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.171
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.493
And I free up some memory 0.539
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.629
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:50.116
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 8.243
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.347
And all tps features are active 8.411
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.880
When I disable the first tps feature 2.455
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.174
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.461
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.625
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052
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13.394
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 7.991
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I disable the first tps feature 2.590
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.044
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.030
When I enable the first tps feature 2.458
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.823
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 8.242
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
And I disable the first tps feature 2.581
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.836
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.959
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 7.658
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 11.877
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.804
When I write some files expected to persist 1.443
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.269
# 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" 11.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.533
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 8.173
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 8.180
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.117
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.197
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.482
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 10.712
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.389
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.111
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047
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39.365
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.887
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.131
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.236
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:51.136
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 9.226
When I enable persistence 22.032
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.154
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.368
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.432
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.216
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.606
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.373
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.166
When I cold reboot the computer 6.938
And the computer reboots Tails 32.981
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.212
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.139
Given I enable persistence 12.871
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.064
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.323
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.885
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:10.335
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.074
# 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 28.673
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.316
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.634
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
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38.078
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 8.165
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.273
Then persistence is disabled 0.116
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.367
And all notifications have disappeared 8.159
When I delete the persistent partition 2.711
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:17.529
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 8.029
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.046
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.395
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.824
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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56.025
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.331
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.148
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.049
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.221
And all notifications have disappeared 8.135
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.315
And all tps features are enabled 7.801
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:41.154
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 1:58.210
And I enable persistence 26.005
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.564
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.498
And persistence is enabled 7.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.496
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.616
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.341
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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40.443
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 8.468
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.840
When I enable persistence 13.600
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.480
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.936
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 7.885
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.006
When I try to enable persistence 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.824
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.118
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.307
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.216
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.997
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 8.285
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.078
When I try to enable persistence 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.872
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.209
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.033
When I log in to a new session 8.626
And all notifications have disappeared 7.363
# 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" 0.225
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.080
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.192
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.031
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.608
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 8.240
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.365
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.293
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.417
When I log in to a new session 9.158
And all notifications have disappeared 7.826
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.101
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000