Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21472-circumvention-settings-2 6 01 Apr 2026, 02:12

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 21:12.599 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.164
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:16.432
And I update APT using apt 5.664
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.233
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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27.311
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 8.683
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.524
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.273
And persistence is disabled 0.114
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:34.449
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 8.259
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.316
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.136
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.509
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.391
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.391
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.208
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.180
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
28.020
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 7.357
And the system is very low on memory 3.932
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.206
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.417
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.089
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.352
And I free up some memory 0.885
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.729
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:29.389
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 8.102
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.324
And all tps features are active 1.278
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.123
When I disable the first tps feature 2.580
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.179
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.676
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.924
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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12.947
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.624
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.100
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.071
When I disable the first tps feature 2.464
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.049
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.043
When I enable the first tps feature 2.421
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
12.949
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 7.337
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.084
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.090
And I disable the first tps feature 2.572
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.828
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:1.676
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 7.289
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 16.006
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.207
When I write some files expected to persist 1.062
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 25.243
# 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" 11.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:36.606
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 7.300
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 16.223
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.097
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.902
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.905
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 41.553
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.408
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.054
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038
Tags: @product
36.178
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 8.493
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.087
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.500
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:42.049
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 8.717
When I enable persistence 13.810
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.377
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.636
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.397
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.287
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.505
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.861
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.175
When I cold reboot the computer 6.074
And the computer reboots Tails 35.846
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.281
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.232
Given I enable persistence 6.912
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.214
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.519
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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2:7.218
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 8.071
# 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 27.612
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.553
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.846
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
38.246
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 7.826
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.713
Then persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.206
And all notifications have disappeared 8.394
When I delete the persistent partition 2.646
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.367
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:19.192
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 7.792
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.062
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.449
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.628
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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41.036
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 8.097
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.045
When I try to enable persistence 1.194
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.052
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.040
And all notifications have disappeared 8.231
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.325
And all tps features are enabled 1.003
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:1.970
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 30.987
And I enable persistence 19.122
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.646
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.636
And persistence is enabled 1.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.772
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 7.203
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.989
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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24.145
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 8.252
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.457
When I enable persistence 6.707
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.000
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 8.000
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.809
When I try to enable persistence 1.306
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.089
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.210
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.297
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.249
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.326
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 7.303
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.803
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 10.276
And all notifications have disappeared 8.758
# 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" 0.144
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.115
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.294
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.247
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.947
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 7.521
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.536
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.325
When I try to enable persistence 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.598
When I log in to a new session 10.418
And all notifications have disappeared 8.063
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.382
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000