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test_Tails_ISO_security-issues 3 25 Aug 2026, 13:56

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 23:0.546 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.826
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 1:18.626
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.201
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.279
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.995
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.804
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.110
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.231
And persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.173
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 8.368
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.287
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.432
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 5.188
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.546
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.169
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.455
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039
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29.713
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 8.193
And the system is very low on memory 4.642
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.153
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.258
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.161
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.374
And I free up some memory 0.457
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.427
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:48.148
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 8.492
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.330
And all tps features are active 7.955
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.680
When I disable the first tps feature 2.437
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.997
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.499
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.435
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.317
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.089
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13.245
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 8.001
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.072
When I disable the first tps feature 2.465
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.043
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.047
When I enable the first tps feature 2.386
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.069
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 7.572
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
And I disable the first tps feature 2.561
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.758
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.664
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 7.567
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 10.201
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.062
When I write some files expected to persist 1.138
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.520
# 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" 11.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:51.012
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 20.695
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 9.191
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.149
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.551
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.133
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 10.728
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.367
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.040
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.106
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39.195
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 8.527
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.076
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.538
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:53.079
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.486
When I enable persistence 22.178
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.017
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.784
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.432
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.317
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.435
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.432
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.135
When I cold reboot the computer 7.024
And the computer reboots Tails 33.920
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.308
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.243
Given I enable persistence 13.346
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.139
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.697
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
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2:6.353
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 8.512
# 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 28.083
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 1:3.508
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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38.373
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 7.910
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.676
Then persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.425
And all notifications have disappeared 8.344
When I delete the persistent partition 2.672
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.055
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 8.206
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.045
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.321
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.287
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
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55.550
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 8.165
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.645
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.590
And all notifications have disappeared 7.905
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.226
And all tps features are enabled 8.137
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:39.493
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 1:58.414
And I enable persistence 25.313
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.358
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.503
And persistence is enabled 7.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.065
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
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 7.649
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.956
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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38.175
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 7.722
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.908
When I enable persistence 12.080
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.098
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.365
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.576
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 7.881
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.106
When I try to enable persistence 1.271
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.132
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.099
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.069
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.215
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.391
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 7.975
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.068
When I try to enable persistence 1.231
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.770
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.133
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 7.949
And all notifications have disappeared 7.689
# 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" 0.133
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.141
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.289
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.075
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.386
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 8.117
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.908
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.333
When I try to enable persistence 1.199
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.870
When I log in to a new session 8.005
And all notifications have disappeared 7.874
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.269
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000