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test_Tails_ISO_tails-circumvention-settings-developers-doc 1 25 Aug 2026, 18:44

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 23:14.041 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.999
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.062
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.886
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.286
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.492
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.678
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.187
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.212
And persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.318
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.611
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.644
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.287
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.116
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.194
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.040
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.199
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.888
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.172
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034
Tags: @product
29.522
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.102
And the system is very low on memory 4.677
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.178
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.689
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.176
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.482
And I free up some memory 0.510
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.661
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:46.481
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.107
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.396
And all tps features are active 8.163
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.838
When I disable the first tps feature 2.557
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.741
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.526
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.759
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.063
Tags: @product
13.061
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.898
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.042
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.037
When I disable the first tps feature 2.490
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.044
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.020
When I enable the first tps feature 2.386
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.041
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.431
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.577
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.133
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
And I disable the first tps feature 2.734
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.884
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.254
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.711
And the network is plugged 0.048
And Tor is ready 8.224
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.335
When I write some files expected to persist 0.993
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.135
# 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? (tails/tails#10330)
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 11.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.766
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.695
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 9.608
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.131
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.435
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.387
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 11.757
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.443
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.103
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.065
Tags: @product
39.061
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.424
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.104
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.412
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:51.553
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.498
When I enable persistence 22.761
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.832
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.252
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.232
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.279
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.422
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.169
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.174
When I cold reboot the computer 5.818
And the computer reboots Tails 33.630
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.378
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.238
Given I enable persistence 13.622
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.072
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.284
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.743
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:11.247
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.280
# 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 28.995
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.258
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.644
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
38.116
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.033
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.893
Then persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.998
And all notifications have disappeared 8.168
When I delete the persistent partition 2.677
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:15.759
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.708
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.060
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.415
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.327
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044
Tags: @product
56.426
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.421
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.041
When I try to enable persistence 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.823
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.084
And all notifications have disappeared 8.317
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.341
And all tps features are enabled 7.965
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:55.108
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 2:10.649
And I enable persistence 27.754
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.847
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.527
And persistence is enabled 8.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.730
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 20.633
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.601
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.777
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.449
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.733
When I enable persistence 13.237
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.303
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.621
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.394
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.616
When I try to enable persistence 1.236
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.776
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.216
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.109
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.207
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.179
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.162
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.625
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.212
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.031
When I log in to a new session 8.766
And all notifications have disappeared 6.955
# 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" 0.122
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.098
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.176
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.019
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.839
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.228
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.194
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.240
When I try to enable persistence 1.227
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.345
When I log in to a new session 7.351
And all notifications have disappeared 8.362
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.051
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000