Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21472-circumvention-settings-2 12 07 Apr 2026, 02:35

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 28:3.164 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:38.972
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:24.458
And I update APT using apt 7.225
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.243
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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49.151
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 9.024
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.636
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.219
And persistence is disabled 0.088
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 20.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:23.362
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.894
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.533
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.114
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 44.429
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.498
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 29.401
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.240
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.177
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
52.897
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 7.396
And the system is very low on memory 27.157
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.161
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.877
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 2.378
And I free up some memory 0.865
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.911
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:6.115
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.705
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 2.607
And all tps features are active 1.109
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.117
When I disable the first tps feature 2.687
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.081
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 37.476
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.207
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
13.566
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 7.522
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.195
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.102
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.109
When I disable the first tps feature 3.019
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.049
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.033
When I enable the first tps feature 2.411
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.017
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.210
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.141
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.084
And I disable the first tps feature 2.723
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.821
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
55.493
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.227
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 18.866
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.226
When I write some files expected to persist 1.375
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.556
# 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" 12.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.460
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:28.135
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.873
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 19.336
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.102
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 25.354
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.466
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 23.346
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.399
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.066
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047
Tags: @product
59.468
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.967
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.089
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 28.744
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 20.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:4.893
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.738
When I enable persistence 29.544
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.098
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.649
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.362
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.244
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.470
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.685
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.147
When I cold reboot the computer 10.139
And the computer reboots Tails 36.247
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.354
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.218
Given I enable persistence 7.484
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.092
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.238
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.052
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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3:4.414
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 9.626
# 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 50.624
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 33.833
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.219
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 25.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
56.058
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 8.755
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.974
Then persistence is disabled 0.085
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 15.477
And all notifications have disappeared 8.771
When I delete the persistent partition 2.652
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.340
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:30.429
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.407
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.152
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.318
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.258
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
1:8.247
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.580
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.121
When I try to enable persistence 1.377
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 33.656
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.132
And all notifications have disappeared 8.067
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.278
And all tps features are enabled 0.969
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:49.614
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 1:1.309
And I enable persistence 35.782
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.414
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.544
And persistence is enabled 1.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.653
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.372
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.788
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
50.906
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.678
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 34.545
When I enable persistence 6.935
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
42.665
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.846
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 25.871
When I try to enable persistence 1.320
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.852
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.393
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.171
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
56.627
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.370
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.175
When I try to enable persistence 1.224
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 20.976
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.190
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 13.011
And all notifications have disappeared 8.788
# 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" 0.159
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.369
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.219
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.244
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.409
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
56.472
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.759
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 21.602
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.352
When I try to enable persistence 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.015
When I log in to a new session 11.003
And all notifications have disappeared 8.262
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.318
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000