Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21472-circumvention-settings-2 1 27 Mar 2026, 18:13

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 29:5.073 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:39.748
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 1:26.114
And I update APT using apt 6.495
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.273
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:4.771
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 8.663
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 34.289
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.362
And persistence is disabled 0.098
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 21.358
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:33.805
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 8.473
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.913
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.095
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 54.952
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.456
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 25.711
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.994
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.167
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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45.976
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 7.408
And the system is very low on memory 20.347
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.640
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.362
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.104
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.380
And I free up some memory 0.824
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.850
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.388
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:9.639
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 8.730
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.547
And all tps features are active 1.180
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.025
When I disable the first tps feature 2.678
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.196
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 39.816
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.224
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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25.387
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 19.958
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I disable the first tps feature 2.583
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.073
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.042
When I enable the first tps feature 2.450
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13.600
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 7.281
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
And I disable the first tps feature 3.264
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.882
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:7.782
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 7.358
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 20.273
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.200
When I write some files expected to persist 1.165
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 26.277
# 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" 12.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:38.834
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 7.719
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 19.772
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.107
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.417
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:25.399
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 22.808
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.392
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.068
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057
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1:11.826
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 8.740
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.555
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 28.434
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 33.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:22.761
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 9.043
When I enable persistence 41.554
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.154
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.841
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.314
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" 4.502
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.013
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.192
When I cold reboot the computer 10.644
And the computer reboots Tails 40.973
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.287
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.167
Given I enable persistence 7.284
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.076
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.263
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.082
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:52.089
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 20.960
# 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 48.842
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.398
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.626
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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52.253
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 7.850
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.661
Then persistence is disabled 0.094
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 12.925
And all notifications have disappeared 8.734
When I delete the persistent partition 2.655
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.331
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:35.070
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 7.381
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.072
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.625
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.765
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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50.916
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 7.610
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.097
When I try to enable persistence 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 18.878
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.805
And all notifications have disappeared 7.872
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.289
And all tps features are enabled 1.061
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:35.120
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 51.546
And I enable persistence 27.547
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.858
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.583
And persistence is enabled 1.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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34.190
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 19.644
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 13.973
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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56.065
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 8.427
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 39.326
When I enable persistence 6.642
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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40.351
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 7.907
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 24.575
When I try to enable persistence 1.238
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.921
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.167
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.331
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.189
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
55.166
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 7.529
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.095
When I try to enable persistence 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 19.975
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.149
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 12.343
And all notifications have disappeared 8.975
# 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 0.424
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.186
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.327
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
59.713
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 7.579
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 25.610
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.307
When I try to enable persistence 1.130
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.548
When I log in to a new session 11.038
And all notifications have disappeared 8.438
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.292
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000