Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21472-circumvention-settings-2 3 29 Mar 2026, 02:07

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 21:36.157 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.559
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 1:17.809
And I update APT using apt 6.677
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.264
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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27.352
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 8.554
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.510
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.269
And persistence is disabled 0.111
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.906
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.455
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.440
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.110
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.221
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.427
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.412
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.598
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.198
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033
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27.615
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 7.367
And the system is very low on memory 3.071
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.203
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.879
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.137
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.367
And I free up some memory 0.832
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.686
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:28.184
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 8.325
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.342
And all tps features are active 1.303
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.808
When I disable the first tps feature 2.460
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.108
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.632
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.090
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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12.846
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 7.326
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.107
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.086
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I disable the first tps feature 2.535
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.052
When I enable the first tps feature 2.470
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.085
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
12.758
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 7.233
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.146
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I disable the first tps feature 2.471
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.806
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
57.927
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 7.325
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 17.727
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.277
When I write some files expected to persist 1.184
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.782
# 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" 11.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.364
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:6.591
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 7.476
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 40.743
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.128
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.800
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.116
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 42.690
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.392
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.076
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.082
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36.361
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.460
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.115
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.353
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:48.976
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 8.829
When I enable persistence 13.165
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.361
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.271
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.331
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.251
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 5.939
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.763
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.147
When I cold reboot the computer 10.266
And the computer reboots Tails 35.660
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.295
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.159
Given I enable persistence 6.797
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.070
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.215
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.325
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.063
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2:3.653
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 7.988
# 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 27.550
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.575
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.366
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032
Tags: @product
36.615
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 7.966
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.392
Then persistence is disabled 0.083
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.992
And all notifications have disappeared 8.095
When I delete the persistent partition 2.732
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.351
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:16.343
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 7.254
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.054
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.340
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.429
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
39.579
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 7.723
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.042
When I try to enable persistence 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.391
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.707
And all notifications have disappeared 8.094
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.246
And all tps features are enabled 1.119
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
59.407
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 29.534
And I enable persistence 17.966
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.895
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.515
And persistence is enabled 1.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
21.064
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.062
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 13.508
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.494
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.292
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 8.276
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.807
When I enable persistence 6.570
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.912
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 7.944
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.679
When I try to enable persistence 1.301
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.100
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.477
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.162
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.095
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 7.535
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.183
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.204
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 0.034
When I log in to a new session 10.374
And all notifications have disappeared 9.034
# 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" 0.150
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.095
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.153
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.367
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.112
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 7.435
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.456
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.349
When I try to enable persistence 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.169
When I log in to a new session 10.581
And all notifications have disappeared 7.974
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.275
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000