Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21472-circumvention-settings-2 13 08 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 25:32.235 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:45.263
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:27.416
And I update APT using apt 10.209
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.730
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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46.288
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 8.969
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.861
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.253
And persistence is disabled 0.167
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 16.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:57.423
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 9.423
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.380
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.101
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 28.609
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.484
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.472
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.687
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.222
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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40.317
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.463
And the system is very low on memory 14.376
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.818
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.850
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 2.373
And I free up some memory 0.852
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.417
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.395
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:52.044
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 9.081
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.763
And all tps features are active 1.544
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.199
When I disable the first tps feature 2.772
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.169
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.251
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.992
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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13.455
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 7.798
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.095
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.078
When I disable the first tps feature 2.644
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.075
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.041
When I enable the first tps feature 2.456
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.101
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.432
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.610
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.144
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
And I disable the first tps feature 2.697
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.878
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:6.755
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 7.460
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 18.215
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.470
When I write some files expected to persist 1.381
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 26.348
# 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" 12.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:29.368
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 7.852
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 19.389
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.131
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.051
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:20.090
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.050
And Tor is ready 23.231
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.374
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.057
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.073
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50.741
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.573
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.165
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 18.109
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 22.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:2.385
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 8.704
When I enable persistence 24.875
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.554
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.015
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.298
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.231
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.510
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.110
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.128
When I cold reboot the computer 8.935
And the computer reboots Tails 37.087
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.319
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.251
Given I enable persistence 7.112
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.071
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.261
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.772
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.079
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2:26.466
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 enabled and logged in 8.920
# 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 39.993
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.039
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.543
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.438
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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56.300
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.690
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.752
Then persistence is disabled 0.105
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 14.630
And all notifications have disappeared 9.158
When I delete the persistent partition 2.646
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.316
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:32.760
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 8.883
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.169
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.387
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.059
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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50.640
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.781
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.109
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.715
And all notifications have disappeared 8.254
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.273
And all tps features are enabled 1.063
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:26.694
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 40.533
And I enable persistence 30.925
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.651
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.853
And persistence is enabled 1.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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22.963
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 7.285
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.128
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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31.632
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 8.008
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 14.915
When I enable persistence 6.582
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.782
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 8.116
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 19.180
When I try to enable persistence 1.260
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.307
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.202
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.416
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.067
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.216
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
52.993
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 8.218
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.287
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 18.120
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 11.316
And all notifications have disappeared 8.535
# 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" 0.236
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.578
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.263
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.342
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
58.524
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 8.083
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 21.464
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.346
When I try to enable persistence 1.239
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.982
When I log in to a new session 11.910
And all notifications have disappeared 9.047
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.435
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000