Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21810-tca-vs-empty-bridge-strings 3 06 Oct 2026, 22:15

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 26:14.848 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.371
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 1:22.477
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.637
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.362
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.604
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.872
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.084
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.185
And persistence is disabled 0.105
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.356
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.777
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 9.315
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.337
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.085
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.112
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 5.374
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.280
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.180
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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30.387
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 8.821
And the system is very low on memory 4.141
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.167
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.280
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.116
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.551
And I free up some memory 0.533
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.726
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:56.301
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 8.452
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.289
And all tps features are active 9.142
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.808
When I disable the first tps feature 2.498
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.009
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.562
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.681
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
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13.418
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 8.147
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I disable the first tps feature 2.465
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.033
When I enable the first tps feature 2.449
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.639
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.181
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
And I disable the first tps feature 2.510
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.780
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.415
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 7.774
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 12.613
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.655
When I write some files expected to persist 1.123
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.386
# 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" 11.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.307
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 8.295
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 9.820
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.133
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.591
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.905
And I capture all network traffic 0.009
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 11.862
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.441
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.079
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.113
Tags: @product
40.784
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.094
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.101
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.322
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:54.966
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 8.673
When I enable persistence 21.949
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.982
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.696
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.226
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.342
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.550
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.823
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.148
When I cold reboot the computer 6.087
And the computer reboots Tails 34.942
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.185
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.124
Given I enable persistence 14.535
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
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 7.111
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040
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2:11.791
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 8.988
# 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 30.319
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.455
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.713
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product
39.390
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 8.914
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.841
Then persistence is disabled 0.079
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.527
And all notifications have disappeared 8.179
When I delete the persistent partition 2.600
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:23.038
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 8.249
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.096
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.407
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.057
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043
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1:2.370
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 8.968
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.208
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.152
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.459
And all notifications have disappeared 8.367
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.268
And all tps features are enabled 10.606
And all tps features but the first one are active 9.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 2.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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5:5.886
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
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 4:17.930
And I enable persistence 30.293
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.828
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.491
And persistence is enabled 9.341
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.600
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 7.515
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.496
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.363
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.332
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.999
When I enable persistence 13.307
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.450
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 8.337
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.321
When I try to enable persistence 1.254
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.596
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.120
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.253
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.074
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.098
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.394
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.319
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.217
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 7.974
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.199
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.875
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.114
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 9.727
And all notifications have disappeared 8.585
# 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" 0.175
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.383
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.153
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.107
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.764
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 8.471
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.961
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.332
When I try to enable persistence 1.151
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.648
When I log in to a new session 8.692
And all notifications have disappeared 7.272
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.184
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000