Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21472-circumvention-settings-2 8 03 Apr 2026, 02:18

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 21:40.774 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.107
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 1:19.300
And I update APT using apt 6.645
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.291
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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31.054
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 8.933
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.793
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.273
And persistence is disabled 0.166
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.257
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 8.539
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.424
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.113
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.384
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.478
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.664
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.345
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.246
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
28.408
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 7.314
And the system is very low on memory 3.919
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.154
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.691
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.111
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.473
And I free up some memory 0.912
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.765
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.543
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 8.907
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.355
And all tps features are active 1.320
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.053
When I disable the first tps feature 2.477
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.302
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.643
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.338
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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13.474
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 7.987
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.085
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.090
When I disable the first tps feature 2.468
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.069
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.041
When I enable the first tps feature 2.531
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.352
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 7.587
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.169
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 2.557
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.912
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
52.455
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 7.545
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 16.524
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.389
When I write some files expected to persist 1.212
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.892
# 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" 11.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:18.230
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 7.884
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 15.215
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.150
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.162
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.676
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 23.599
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.345
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.051
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.071
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40.289
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.635
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.119
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.467
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:51.634
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 8.732
When I enable persistence 13.917
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.969
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.871
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.325
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.269
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.542
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.001
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.184
When I cold reboot the computer 10.300
And the computer reboots Tails 37.373
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.360
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.189
Given I enable persistence 7.172
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.082
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.372
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.797
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
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2:9.984
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 8.337
# 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 27.337
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.574
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.665
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
38.647
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 8.618
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.435
Then persistence is disabled 0.106
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.266
And all notifications have disappeared 8.181
When I delete the persistent partition 2.728
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.310
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:24.346
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 7.957
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.052
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.416
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.673
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032
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43.376
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 7.905
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.039
When I try to enable persistence 1.191
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.824
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.876
And all notifications have disappeared 8.387
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.294
And all tps features are enabled 1.448
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.407
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:5.746
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 31.543
And I enable persistence 22.476
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" 0.585
And persistence is enabled 1.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.323
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 7.509
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.252
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.379
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 8.490
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.556
When I enable persistence 7.396
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.037
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.401
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 8.162
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.353
When I try to enable persistence 1.360
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.424
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.202
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.578
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.147
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.034
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 7.584
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.360
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 11.803
And all notifications have disappeared 8.655
# 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" 0.162
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.640
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.190
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.323
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.725
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 7.899
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.962
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.358
When I try to enable persistence 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.140
When I log in to a new session 11.467
And all notifications have disappeared 8.412
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.385
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000