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test_Tails_ISO_security-issues 2 24 Aug 2026, 14:05

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 24:21.985 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:39.195
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 1:25.152
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.009
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.238
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.446
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 9.013
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.096
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.214
And persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:6.446
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 36.142
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.310
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.096
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.516
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.939
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.185
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.164
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
31.152
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 8.603
And the system is very low on memory 5.075
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.245
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.897
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.108
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.410
And I free up some memory 0.741
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.018
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:51.983
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 8.676
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.392
And all tps features are active 9.150
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.964
When I disable the first tps feature 2.548
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.561
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.679
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.284
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043
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13.603
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 8.248
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I disable the first tps feature 2.553
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.037
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.441
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.502
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 8.002
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.091
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.089
And I disable the first tps feature 2.475
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.808
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.570
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 7.739
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 9.987
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.749
When I write some files expected to persist 1.268
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.403
# 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" 11.387
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.811
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 7.791
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 9.881
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.161
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.531
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.547
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 12.145
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.387
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.134
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062
Tags: @product
40.734
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 9.075
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.066
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.120
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:59.805
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 8.688
When I enable persistence 25.372
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.778
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.001
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.398
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.161
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.598
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.073
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.137
When I cold reboot the computer 6.044
And the computer reboots Tails 34.112
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.254
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.337
Given I enable persistence 14.897
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.167
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.563
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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2:12.811
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 8.598
# 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 30.536
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.312
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.690
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.341
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
39.333
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 8.533
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.903
Then persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.608
And all notifications have disappeared 8.134
When I delete the persistent partition 2.747
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.138
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 enabled and logged in 8.046
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.064
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.180
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.597
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
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1:0.048
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 8.611
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.149
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.973
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.137
And all notifications have disappeared 8.571
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.277
And all tps features are enabled 8.634
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.097
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 2:6.495
And I enable persistence 26.937
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.147
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.527
And persistence is enabled 7.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.284
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 7.702
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.042
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.848
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 8.515
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.069
When I enable persistence 13.931
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.073
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.241
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 7.976
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.378
When I try to enable persistence 1.277
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.628
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.303
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.164
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.111
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.779
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 8.097
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.077
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.810
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.172
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 9.696
And all notifications have disappeared 8.218
# 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" 0.187
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.069
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.172
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.234
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.147
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 8.465
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.588
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.274
When I try to enable persistence 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.313
When I log in to a new session 7.873
And all notifications have disappeared 8.006
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.370
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000