Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21810-tca-vs-empty-bridge-strings 11 14 Oct 2026, 21:46

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 22:59.444 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:56.415
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:16.754
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.158
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.545
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.790
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 8.348
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.344
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.272
And persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:29.868
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 8.409
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.353
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.362
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.387
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.073
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.141
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
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28.870
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.775
And the system is very low on memory 5.218
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.154
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.039
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.117
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.378
And I free up some memory 0.413
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.738
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.178
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 8.069
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.255
And all tps features are active 7.659
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.477
When I disable the first tps feature 2.496
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.704
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.254
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.109
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029
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13.072
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 7.829
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I disable the first tps feature 2.466
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.044
When I enable the first tps feature 2.421
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.048
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 7.490
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
And I disable the first tps feature 2.554
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.845
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
57.432
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 20.710
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 12.594
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.564
When I write some files expected to persist 0.946
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.437
# 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" 11.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.309
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:30.677
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 7.442
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 7.870
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.148
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.286
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.951
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 10.399
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.371
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.049
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046
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36.489
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.091
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.064
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.147
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.250
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 8.413
When I enable persistence 20.955
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.322
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.197
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.203
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.137
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.498
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.531
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.152
When I cold reboot the computer 5.929
And the computer reboots Tails 32.728
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.389
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.237
Given I enable persistence 12.844
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.064
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.137
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.420
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
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2:14.357
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 20.906
# 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 26.919
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.231
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.737
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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35.872
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 7.781
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.600
Then persistence is disabled 0.073
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.445
And all notifications have disappeared 8.126
When I delete the persistent partition 2.639
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:27.916
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 21.099
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.061
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.130
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.434
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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51.841
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 8.022
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.979
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.438
And all notifications have disappeared 7.165
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.193
And all tps features are enabled 7.521
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:35.496
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 1:53.849
And I enable persistence 25.959
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.204
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.513
And persistence is enabled 7.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.484
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 7.225
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.743
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.804
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 8.373
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.188
When I enable persistence 12.639
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.040
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.673
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 7.789
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.454
When I try to enable persistence 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.404
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.310
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.193
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.107
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.723
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 7.667
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.576
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.080
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.021
When I log in to a new session 7.239
And all notifications have disappeared 7.325
# 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" 0.111
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.078
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.190
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.088
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.179
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 7.909
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.546
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.216
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.495
When I log in to a new session 7.411
And all notifications have disappeared 7.538
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.051
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000