Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21810-tca-vs-empty-bridge-strings 12 15 Oct 2026, 21:48

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 22:47.983 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:58.543
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.044
And I update the APT lists using apt 36.085
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.554
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.234
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.577
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.893
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.208
And persistence is disabled 0.074
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.481
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:29.196
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.587
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.268
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.088
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.847
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.036
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.027
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.154
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.157
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.449
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
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41.698
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 21.350
And the system is very low on memory 4.185
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.159
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.333
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.087
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.399
And I free up some memory 0.474
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.666
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.863
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 8.240
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.249
And all tps features are active 7.654
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.692
When I disable the first tps feature 2.473
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.180
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.204
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.372
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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12.943
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 7.698
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.048
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I disable the first tps feature 2.484
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.046
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.437
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.038
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.093
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 7.607
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 2.483
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.826
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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42.675
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 7.482
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 11.351
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.462
When I write some files expected to persist 0.940
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.360
# 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" 11.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:34.608
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 enabled and logged in 7.716
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 9.187
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.124
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.248
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.343
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 10.426
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.337
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.066
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.091
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36.682
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 8.322
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.104
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 10.943
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:47.608
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 8.312
When I enable persistence 22.744
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.218
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.693
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.321
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.281
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.436
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.464
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.145
When I cold reboot the computer 5.857
And the computer reboots Tails 32.614
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.212
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.228
Given I enable persistence 13.017
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.065
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.283
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.600
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.066
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2:2.144
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 8.157
# 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 28.546
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.239
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.698
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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36.856
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 8.289
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.679
Then persistence is disabled 0.073
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.955
And all notifications have disappeared 7.947
When I delete the persistent partition 2.590
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.320
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:15.057
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 7.761
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.047
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.139
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.902
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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52.775
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 7.768
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.737
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.872
And all notifications have disappeared 7.177
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.208
And all tps features are enabled 7.329
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.467
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:40.054
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 1:57.695
And I enable persistence 26.334
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.715
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.482
And persistence is enabled 7.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.818
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 7.290
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.015
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.512
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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37.365
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.093
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.626
When I enable persistence 12.337
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.040
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.504
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 7.948
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.438
When I try to enable persistence 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.203
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.152
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.187
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.795
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 7.611
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.150
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.514
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 7.999
And all notifications have disappeared 7.884
# 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" 0.217
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.169
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.185
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.093
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.461
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 7.809
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.632
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.249
When I try to enable persistence 1.239
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.322
When I log in to a new session 6.895
And all notifications have disappeared 8.334
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.074
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000