Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21472-circumvention-settings-2 7 02 Apr 2026, 02:11

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 21:44.225 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:0.645
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 1:47.677
And I update APT using apt 5.783
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.270
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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27.611
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 8.869
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.431
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.300
And persistence is disabled 0.134
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:35.443
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 8.433
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.433
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.110
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.300
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.495
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.331
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.114
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.173
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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28.124
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 7.600
And the system is very low on memory 3.561
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.197
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.558
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.131
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.385
And I free up some memory 0.878
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.760
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:28.343
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 8.329
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.424
And all tps features are active 1.497
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.126
When I disable the first tps feature 2.520
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.163
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.730
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.370
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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12.941
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 7.485
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.117
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.066
When I disable the first tps feature 2.502
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.048
When I enable the first tps feature 2.459
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.424
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 7.628
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.098
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
And I disable the first tps feature 2.670
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.929
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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42.368
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 7.208
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 16.183
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.235
When I write some files expected to persist 1.199
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.683
# 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" 11.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001
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2:25.871
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 7.478
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 16.141
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.125
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.995
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.893
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 23.451
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.469
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.102
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.085
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40.431
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 8.863
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.082
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.793
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:51.970
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 8.970
When I enable persistence 14.148
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.303
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.775
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.318
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.381
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.527
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.369
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.138
When I cold reboot the computer 10.216
And the computer reboots Tails 37.287
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.327
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.213
Given I enable persistence 7.609
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.310
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.830
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:12.265
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 8.238
# 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 28.283
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.320
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.423
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.455
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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38.221
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 7.733
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.279
Then persistence is disabled 0.108
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.164
And all notifications have disappeared 8.572
When I delete the persistent partition 2.888
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.475
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:20.649
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 7.432
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.065
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.650
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.257
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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41.192
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.742
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.042
When I try to enable persistence 1.167
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.917
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.446
And all notifications have disappeared 8.346
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.312
And all tps features are enabled 1.170
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:3.414
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 31.662
And I enable persistence 20.043
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.299
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.576
And persistence is enabled 1.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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22.970
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 7.279
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.938
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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25.775
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 8.058
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.507
When I enable persistence 7.167
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.102
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.506
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 7.688
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.024
When I try to enable persistence 1.315
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.571
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.521
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.186
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.165
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 7.628
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.216
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.444
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.146
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 11.546
And all notifications have disappeared 9.051
# 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" 0.194
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.457
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.166
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.334
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.330
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.886
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 8.155
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.406
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.327
When I try to enable persistence 1.254
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.681
When I log in to a new session 10.960
And all notifications have disappeared 8.759
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.517
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.414
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000