Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 11 12 Jun 2026, 08:10

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 22:19.380 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:38.659
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:24.742
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.268
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.428
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.412
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.796
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.388
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.275
And persistence is disabled 0.123
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.199
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.630
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.288
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.157
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.205
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.702
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.952
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.162
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
30.264
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 7.594
And the system is very low on memory 3.329
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.211
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.617
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.107
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.432
And I free up some memory 0.945
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.980
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.133
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 8.194
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.319
And all tps features are active 5.841
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.160
When I disable the first tps feature 2.550
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.122
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.780
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.036
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
13.760
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 7.677
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.146
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.096
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I disable the first tps feature 3.010
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.058
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.043
When I enable the first tps feature 2.562
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.183
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 7.274
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 2.692
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.027
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.230
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 7.467
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 12.168
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.352
When I write some files expected to persist 1.155
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.435
# 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" 12.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:49.061
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 7.349
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 10.695
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.139
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.323
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.059
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.602
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.497
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.106
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.060
Tags: @product
41.599
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.686
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.097
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.073
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:1.637
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.700
When I enable persistence 18.764
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.987
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.655
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.351
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.294
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.603
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.744
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.153
When I cold reboot the computer 10.473
And the computer reboots Tails 37.989
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.276
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.207
Given I enable persistence 12.000
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.059
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.244
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.911
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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2:16.339
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 8.375
# 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 28.626
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.986
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.036
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.426
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
40.183
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.926
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.690
Then persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.461
And all notifications have disappeared 7.909
When I delete the persistent partition 2.705
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.385
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:28.512
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 7.963
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.074
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.653
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.555
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
Tags: @product
49.691
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.117
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.043
When I try to enable persistence 1.152
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.931
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.033
And all notifications have disappeared 7.602
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.284
And all tps features are enabled 5.082
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:12.598
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 30.671
And I enable persistence 23.857
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.871
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.518
And persistence is enabled 5.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.916
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.296
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.019
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.610
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.434
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.127
When I enable persistence 11.159
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.329
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.679
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.013
When I try to enable persistence 1.236
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.922
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.585
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.230
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.425
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.411
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.596
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.078
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.171
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.037
When I log in to a new session 13.082
And all notifications have disappeared 8.546
# 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" 0.173
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.104
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.188
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.328
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.643
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.805
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.116
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.336
When I try to enable persistence 1.183
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.955
When I log in to a new session 12.098
And all notifications have disappeared 8.268
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.069
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000