Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21472-circumvention-settings-2 11 06 Apr 2026, 02:34

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 28:11.874 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:43.645
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:27.830
And I update APT using apt 8.762
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.209
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:3.696
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 9.151
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 39.658
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.230
And persistence is disabled 0.083
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 14.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.263
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:24.858
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.997
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.306
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.128
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 46.844
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.400
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 26.577
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.326
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.229
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031
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50.092
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.454
And the system is very low on memory 23.787
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.839
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.045
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.096
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.363
And I free up some memory 0.746
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.706
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:56.190
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.134
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 2.260
And all tps features are active 1.139
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.918
When I disable the first tps feature 2.630
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.274
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 26.338
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.358
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
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13.946
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.476
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.210
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.116
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.076
When I disable the first tps feature 3.441
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.047
When I enable the first tps feature 2.424
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.034
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.100
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.244
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
And I disable the first tps feature 2.725
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.842
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:27.556
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.464
And the network is plugged 0.053
And Tor is ready 43.510
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.356
When I write some files expected to persist 1.050
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.066
# 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?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 12.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:24.721
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.368
And the network is plugged 0.089
And Tor is ready 17.787
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.118
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.182
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.440
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 23.144
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.368
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.058
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057
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1:0.427
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.636
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.156
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 20.758
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 29.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:16.648
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 21.164
When I enable persistence 28.530
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.268
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.730
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.358
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.288
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.521
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.992
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.165
When I cold reboot the computer 6.096
And the computer reboots Tails 41.681
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.271
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.259
Given I enable persistence 6.931
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.072
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.256
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.892
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036
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2:30.044
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.309
# 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 35.597
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.624
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.754
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005
Tags: @product
57.157
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.936
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 24.217
Then persistence is disabled 0.077
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 13.012
And all notifications have disappeared 8.783
When I delete the persistent partition 2.770
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.359
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.999
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.787
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.188
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.180
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.559
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.081
Tags: @product
52.582
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.694
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.123
When I try to enable persistence 1.233
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 21.133
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.994
And all notifications have disappeared 8.018
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.279
And all tps features are enabled 0.999
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:27.417
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
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 47.793
And I enable persistence 27.226
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.004
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.655
And persistence is enabled 1.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
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 7.588
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.905
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:9.146
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.384
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 52.297
When I enable persistence 6.691
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
43.638
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.148
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 25.318
When I try to enable persistence 1.267
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.223
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.139
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.324
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.182
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
54.672
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.821
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.183
When I try to enable persistence 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 17.767
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 11.931
And all notifications have disappeared 10.342
# 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" 0.253
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.424
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.167
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.387
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:4.390
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.805
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 26.645
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.377
When I try to enable persistence 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.031
When I log in to a new session 11.202
And all notifications have disappeared 10.479
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.845
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000