Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21472-circumvention-settings-2 2 28 Mar 2026, 02:07

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 21:7.239 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.864
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.350
And I update APT using apt 5.406
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.227
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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27.158
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 8.517
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.890
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.284
And persistence is disabled 0.092
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.372
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:34.902
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 8.291
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.463
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.132
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.551
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.405
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.363
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.483
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.169
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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27.532
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 7.313
And the system is very low on memory 3.299
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.159
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.610
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.098
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.378
And I free up some memory 0.842
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.758
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:29.519
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 8.478
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.399
And all tps features are active 1.159
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.019
When I disable the first tps feature 2.461
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.020
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.723
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.275
Then all tps features but the first one are active 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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13.014
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 7.565
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.101
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
When I disable the first tps feature 2.459
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.054
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.061
When I enable the first tps feature 2.569
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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12.939
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 7.386
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.085
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
And I disable the first tps feature 2.497
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.862
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:14.776
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 7.106
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 40.129
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.184
When I write some files expected to persist 1.135
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.329
# 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" 11.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:22.771
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 7.397
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 17.628
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.136
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.750
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.601
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 21.664
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.366
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.084
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051
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36.969
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 8.403
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.090
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.796
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:45.045
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 8.486
When I enable persistence 13.560
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.801
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.437
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.319
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.251
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.551
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.864
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.145
When I cold reboot the computer 10.074
And the computer reboots Tails 35.575
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.317
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.201
Given I enable persistence 6.896
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.255
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.047
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
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2:5.002
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 8.179
# 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 27.411
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.394
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.160
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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36.351
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 7.436
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.709
Then persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.108
And all notifications have disappeared 7.992
When I delete the persistent partition 2.670
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:13.637
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 7.264
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.061
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.379
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.691
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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38.834
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 7.704
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.044
When I try to enable persistence 1.315
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.060
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.364
And all notifications have disappeared 8.090
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.293
And all tps features are enabled 0.977
And all tps features but the first one are active 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:1.089
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 30.243
And I enable persistence 19.308
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.548
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.502
And persistence is enabled 1.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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22.373
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
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 7.228
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.642
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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24.392
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 8.304
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.606
When I enable persistence 6.757
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.077
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.707
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 7.719
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.810
When I try to enable persistence 1.260
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.325
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.191
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.270
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.177
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.281
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.072
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 7.430
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.363
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.642
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.229
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 11.301
And all notifications have disappeared 10.177
# 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" 0.150
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.399
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.181
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.236
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.282
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 7.801
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.430
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.355
When I try to enable persistence 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.759
When I log in to a new session 10.083
And all notifications have disappeared 8.380
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.259
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000