Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21810-tca-vs-empty-bridge-strings 1 05 Oct 2026, 14:12

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 23:0.012 Passed
Tags: @product
Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
Tags: @product
2:0.878
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 1:20.246
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.840
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.818
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.240
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 8.790
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.153
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.239
And persistence is disabled 0.075
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.269
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 8.691
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.225
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.134
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.175
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.080
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.436
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.337
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.149
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
29.053
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 8.032
And the system is very low on memory 4.091
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.183
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.142
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.093
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.361
And I free up some memory 0.607
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.500
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:51.133
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 8.375
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.299
And all tps features are active 8.185
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.013
When I disable the first tps feature 2.472
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.518
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.876
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.478
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042
Tags: @product
13.180
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
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I disable the first tps feature 2.533
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.030
When I enable the first tps feature 2.421
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.277
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 7.644
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.085
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
And I disable the first tps feature 2.439
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.981
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.379
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 7.747
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 12.119
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.679
When I write some files expected to persist 0.942
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.407
# 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" 11.456
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.808
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 7.655
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 9.940
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.106
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.492
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.554
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 11.483
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.372
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.053
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045
Tags: @product
37.162
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 8.277
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.061
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.413
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.410
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.513
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:44.307
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.285
When I enable persistence 20.561
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.278
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.327
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.397
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.182
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.402
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.121
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.107
When I cold reboot the computer 5.877
And the computer reboots Tails 31.546
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.323
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.133
Given I enable persistence 11.777
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.057
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.363
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.471
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:7.810
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 8.027
# 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 29.513
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.233
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.422
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
36.999
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 8.435
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.996
Then persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.447
And all notifications have disappeared 8.218
When I delete the persistent partition 2.578
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:14.977
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 8.042
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.050
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.355
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.352
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028
Tags: @product
53.795
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 8.204
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.045
When I try to enable persistence 1.138
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.595
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.720
And all notifications have disappeared 7.981
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.236
And all tps features are enabled 7.359
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.513
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:38.157
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 1:57.991
And I enable persistence 25.022
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.161
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.456
And persistence is enabled 7.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.084
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 7.417
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.172
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.494
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.325
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 8.361
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.957
When I enable persistence 12.502
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.320
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 8.131
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.785
When I try to enable persistence 1.264
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.430
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.103
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.154
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.592
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 the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.076
When I try to enable persistence 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.533
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.075
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 7.197
And all notifications have disappeared 7.360
# 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" 0.097
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.081
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.143
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.992
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.259
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 8.419
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.464
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.247
When I try to enable persistence 1.243
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.403
When I log in to a new session 7.798
And all notifications have disappeared 7.775
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.100
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000