Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 15 16 Jun 2026, 08:12

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 22:55.588 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.889
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.024
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.688
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.920
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.319
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.800
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.101
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.124
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.307
And persistence is disabled 0.085
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:47.677
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.236
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.376
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.164
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.042
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.876
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.634
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.242
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product
30.252
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.888
And the system is very low on memory 3.929
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.223
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.101
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.117
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.369
And I free up some memory 0.957
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.548
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:49.217
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.374
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.278
And all tps features are active 5.399
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.068
When I disable the first tps feature 2.522
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.461
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.122
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.454
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
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13.474
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.096
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I disable the first tps feature 2.525
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.048
When I enable the first tps feature 2.458
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.631
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.038
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.013
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
And I disable the first tps feature 2.581
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.869
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.456
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.705
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 12.151
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.313
When I write some files expected to persist 1.107
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.994
# 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" 12.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.306
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:53.042
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.425
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 9.843
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.142
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.365
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.912
And I capture all network traffic 0.061
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 12.712
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.383
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.073
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053
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41.042
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.021
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.902
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 13.817
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:9.477
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.020
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 22.007
When I enable persistence 17.366
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.832
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.465
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.332
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.298
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.523
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.723
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.147
When I cold reboot the computer 9.636
And the computer reboots Tails 36.708
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.267
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.240
Given I enable persistence 11.254
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.245
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.209
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
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2:19.429
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.719
# 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 29.431
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.224
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.234
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.067
Tags: @product
39.723
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.989
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.174
Then persistence is disabled 0.110
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.173
And all notifications have disappeared 8.157
When I delete the persistent partition 2.714
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.403
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:30.746
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.563
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.089
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.000
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.887
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026
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52.408
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.026
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.049
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.041
When I try to enable persistence 1.199
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.010
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.956
And all notifications have disappeared 7.685
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.285
And all tps features are enabled 5.650
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.804
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.021
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 34.669
And I enable persistence 25.181
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.089
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.610
And persistence is enabled 6.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.636
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.022
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 7.665
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.151
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.184
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.020
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.176
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.020
When I enable persistence 12.697
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.041
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.434
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.032
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.974
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.296
When I try to enable persistence 1.301
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.546
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.489
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.187
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.143
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.111
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.257
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.199
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.030
When I log in to a new session 12.088
And all notifications have disappeared 9.883
# 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" 0.126
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.367
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.165
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.681
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.113
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.881
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.723
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.309
When I try to enable persistence 1.226
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.674
When I log in to a new session 11.283
And all notifications have disappeared 8.627
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.625
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000