Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21472-circumvention-settings-2 4 30 Mar 2026, 02:39

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 26:17.340 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:40.297
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 1:26.724
And I update APT using apt 6.418
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.285
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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46.060
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 8.875
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.779
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.329
And persistence is disabled 0.084
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 16.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:23.609
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 12.684
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.888
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.103
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 42.885
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.465
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.275
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.177
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
44.115
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 8.129
And the system is very low on memory 17.822
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.751
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.354
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.095
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.443
And I free up some memory 1.197
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.261
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:47.217
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 8.485
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.776
And all tps features are active 1.094
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.912
When I disable the first tps feature 2.685
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.103
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.014
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.948
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
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13.337
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 7.807
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.151
When I disable the first tps feature 2.581
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.035
When I enable the first tps feature 2.442
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.351
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 7.424
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.221
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.109
And I disable the first tps feature 2.585
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.960
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:7.785
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 7.294
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 22.713
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.187
When I write some files expected to persist 1.433
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.028
# 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" 12.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:19.660
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 7.650
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 19.517
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.115
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.232
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.558
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 21.945
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.408
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.061
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041
Tags: @product
59.915
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 8.935
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.169
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 25.584
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 24.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.395
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:9.406
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 8.859
When I enable persistence 33.140
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.968
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.822
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.266
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.235
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.545
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.981
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.158
When I cold reboot the computer 7.596
And the computer reboots Tails 39.302
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.303
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.219
Given I enable persistence 7.088
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.070
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.326
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.369
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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2:22.104
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 8.134
# 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 36.877
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.311
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.499
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.281
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
56.481
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 8.051
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.528
Then persistence is disabled 0.111
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 14.183
And all notifications have disappeared 8.621
When I delete the persistent partition 2.702
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.673
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 7.471
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.150
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.597
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:21.218
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031
Tags: @product
51.223
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 8.152
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.229
When I try to enable persistence 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 19.715
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.262
And all notifications have disappeared 8.152
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.402
And all tps features are enabled 0.977
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.365
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 57.608
And I enable persistence 23.273
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.339
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.503
And persistence is enabled 1.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.425
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.325
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 7.151
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.613
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
43.607
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 8.110
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 27.154
When I enable persistence 6.598
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
37.262
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 7.496
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 20.878
When I try to enable persistence 1.295
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.795
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.405
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.175
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
53.059
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 7.822
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.309
When I try to enable persistence 1.269
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 18.588
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 11.620
And all notifications have disappeared 8.384
# 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" 0.232
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.085
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.212
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.496
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
50.479
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 7.874
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 15.881
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.329
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.687
When I log in to a new session 11.115
And all notifications have disappeared 8.248
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.325
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000