Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21810-tca-vs-empty-bridge-strings 2 05 Oct 2026, 21:53

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 23:42.626 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:10.816
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 1:30.834
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.383
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.666
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.122
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 8.755
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.935
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.242
And persistence is disabled 0.076
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:59.632
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 35.392
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.245
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.081
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.757
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.987
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.913
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.153
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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29.219
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 8.379
And the system is very low on memory 4.083
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.147
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.380
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.105
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.391
And I free up some memory 0.469
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.214
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:47.632
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.300
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.360
And all tps features are active 8.399
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.673
When I disable the first tps feature 2.511
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.366
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.601
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.817
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
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13.353
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 7.879
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.117
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.081
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.040
When I disable the first tps feature 2.551
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.063
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.033
When I enable the first tps feature 2.482
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.644
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 7.551
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.088
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.043
And I disable the first tps feature 2.978
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.942
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.909
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 7.657
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 13.022
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.820
When I write some files expected to persist 0.726
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.161
# 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" 11.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.369
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.879
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 7.617
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 9.707
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.141
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.256
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.931
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 10.608
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.346
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.059
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047
Tags: @product
40.432
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.613
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.069
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.546
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:48.088
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 8.662
When I enable persistence 21.206
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.987
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.928
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.202
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.150
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.500
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.772
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.137
When I cold reboot the computer 5.885
And the computer reboots Tails 32.543
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.293
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.259
Given I enable persistence 13.513
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.071
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.331
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.522
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:10.936
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 8.442
# 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 30.738
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.416
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.812
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product
37.991
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 8.050
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.014
Then persistence is disabled 0.079
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.462
And all notifications have disappeared 8.368
When I delete the persistent partition 2.699
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.418
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 7.961
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.043
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.279
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.949
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
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53.857
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 7.756
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.148
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.881
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.828
And all notifications have disappeared 8.142
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.232
And all tps features are enabled 7.294
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.524
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:34.777
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 1:53.652
And I enable persistence 26.166
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.951
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.509
And persistence is enabled 7.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.923
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 7.382
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.027
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.513
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.261
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 8.209
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.348
When I enable persistence 12.790
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.040
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.885
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 7.753
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.859
When I try to enable persistence 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.402
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.351
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.041
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.084
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.414
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 7.770
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.223
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.979
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.221
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 7.404
And all notifications have disappeared 8.495
# 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" 0.223
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.068
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.141
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.057
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.428
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 7.816
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.586
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.236
When I try to enable persistence 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.208
When I log in to a new session 7.669
And all notifications have disappeared 7.713
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.113
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000