Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21810-tca-vs-empty-bridge-strings 8 11 Oct 2026, 21:52

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 23:5.930 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:28.466
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 1:17.595
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.723
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.170
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.416
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 8.710
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.564
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.236
And persistence is disabled 0.076
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:30.173
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 8.334
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.281
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.103
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.860
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.271
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 0.151
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
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27.916
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 8.060
And the system is very low on memory 3.993
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.160
When I try to create a persistent partition 3.888
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.156
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.350
And I free up some memory 0.514
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.741
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.316
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 8.086
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.297
And all tps features are active 7.891
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.574
When I disable the first tps feature 2.411
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.171
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.500
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.248
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032
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13.028
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 7.795
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I disable the first tps feature 2.451
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.042
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.066
When I enable the first tps feature 2.399
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.107
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 7.547
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I disable the first tps feature 2.449
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.961
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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44.129
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 7.586
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 12.499
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.522
When I write some files expected to persist 0.906
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.152
# 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" 11.423
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.276
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 7.590
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 8.276
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.096
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.171
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.453
And I capture all network traffic 0.014
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 12.031
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.392
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.080
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.134
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37.890
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 8.362
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.089
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.348
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:45.719
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 8.480
When I enable persistence 20.809
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.666
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.881
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.213
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.248
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.557
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.642
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.132
When I cold reboot the computer 5.807
And the computer reboots Tails 32.962
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.295
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.231
Given I enable persistence 12.665
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.063
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.285
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.650
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.451
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:4.104
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 8.034
# 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 27.513
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.241
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.810
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.503
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
Tags: @product
51.126
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 21.204
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.133
Then persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.641
And all notifications have disappeared 8.176
When I delete the persistent partition 2.632
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:14.108
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 7.885
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.038
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.211
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.791
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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53.294
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 7.900
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.040
When I try to enable persistence 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.663
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.328
And all notifications have disappeared 8.004
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.312
And all tps features are enabled 7.516
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.367
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:25.323
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 2:41.607
And I enable persistence 28.423
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.093
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.493
And persistence is enabled 7.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.390
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.643
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 7.371
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.864
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.408
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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37.306
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 8.053
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.391
When I enable persistence 11.984
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.040
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.990
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 7.614
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.532
When I try to enable persistence 1.288
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.196
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.116
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.099
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.104
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.693
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 7.804
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.146
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.141
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.257
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 8.289
And all notifications have disappeared 6.785
# 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" 0.142
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.081
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.155
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.988
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.396
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.896
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 7.750
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.515
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.225
When I try to enable persistence 1.259
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 1.615
When I log in to a new session 8.173
And all notifications have disappeared 7.462
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.010
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000