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test_Tails_ISO_tails-circumvention-settings-developers-doc 2 25 Aug 2026, 21:23

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 22:49.740 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.737
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.489
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.330
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.288
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.211
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 8.908
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.382
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.241
And persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:31.718
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.306
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.329
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.819
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.036
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.238
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.692
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.153
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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29.423
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.109
And the system is very low on memory 4.706
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.164
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.388
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.112
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.523
And I free up some memory 0.504
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.866
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:47.096
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 8.095
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.291
And all tps features are active 8.293
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.608
When I disable the first tps feature 2.441
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.667
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.891
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.278
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032
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13.248
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 8.037
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.067
When I disable the first tps feature 2.478
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.044
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.029
When I enable the first tps feature 2.402
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.038
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.280
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 7.662
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
And I disable the first tps feature 2.543
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.881
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.109
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 7.574
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 9.133
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.612
When I write some files expected to persist 0.942
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.270
# 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" 11.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.382
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 7.551
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 10.725
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.106
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.350
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.922
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 11.151
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.356
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.061
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.106
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39.509
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 8.329
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.074
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.172
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:49.590
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 8.159
When I enable persistence 22.328
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.708
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.018
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.202
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.157
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.459
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.786
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.135
When I cold reboot the computer 6.153
And the computer reboots Tails 33.423
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.327
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.252
Given I enable persistence 13.477
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.086
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.151
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.660
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029
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2:7.742
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.551
# 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 26.917
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.488
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.469
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product
37.941
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.227
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.044
Then persistence is disabled 0.124
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.674
And all notifications have disappeared 7.236
When I delete the persistent partition 2.592
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.785
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 7.847
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.064
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.926
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.735
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product
56.621
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.320
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.203
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.528
And all notifications have disappeared 8.354
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.302
And all tps features are enabled 7.534
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:42.025
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 1:59.495
And I enable persistence 26.209
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.342
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.537
And persistence is enabled 8.440
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.136
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 7.441
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.185
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.454
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 8.655
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.807
When I enable persistence 13.276
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.450
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 8.325
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.434
When I try to enable persistence 1.212
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.248
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.104
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.334
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.242
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.786
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 7.781
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.170
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.875
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.216
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 8.094
And all notifications have disappeared 8.039
# 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" 0.262
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.123
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.165
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.154
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.486
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 7.954
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.336
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.239
When I try to enable persistence 1.150
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.113
When I log in to a new session 7.876
And all notifications have disappeared 7.940
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.084
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000