Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 17 17 Jun 2026, 20:15

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 21:17.056 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.388
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.918
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.285
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.324
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.443
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.520
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.999
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.228
And persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.415
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.580
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.284
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.127
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.994
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.039
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.657
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.503
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.186
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product
28.371
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.550
And the system is very low on memory 4.181
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.141
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.383
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.093
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.324
And I free up some memory 0.771
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.885
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.079
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.552
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.292
And all tps features are active 4.766
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.855
When I disable the first tps feature 2.571
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.286
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.635
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.451
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026
Tags: @product
12.826
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 enabled and logged in 7.476
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I disable the first tps feature 2.453
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.508
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.107
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.427
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.091
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
And I disable the first tps feature 2.682
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.805
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.498
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 7.489
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 13.169
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.912
When I write some files expected to persist 1.223
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.691
# 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" 11.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.263
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.532
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.271
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 10.843
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.151
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.611
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.475
And I capture all network traffic 0.016
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 11.548
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.423
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.068
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.066
Tags: @product
39.212
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.574
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.057
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.930
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.387
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:45.555
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.622
When I enable persistence 15.409
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.614
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.334
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.315
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.289
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.507
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.454
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.127
When I cold reboot the computer 5.023
And the computer reboots Tails 35.093
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.261
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.183
Given I enable persistence 10.349
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.077
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.235
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.522
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
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2:15.693
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.515
# 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 29.713
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.679
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.341
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product
38.077
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.415
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.211
Then persistence is disabled 0.099
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.308
And all notifications have disappeared 8.059
When I delete the persistent partition 2.640
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.342
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:25.594
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.138
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.054
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.726
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.441
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product
47.796
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.326
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.040
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.559
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.206
And all notifications have disappeared 7.590
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.249
And all tps features are enabled 4.580
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:8.732
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
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 30.359
And I enable persistence 22.666
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.082
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.609
And persistence is enabled 5.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.478
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.320
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 17.608
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
34.672
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.605
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.138
When I enable persistence 10.513
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.368
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.446
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.029
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.143
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.116
When I try to enable persistence 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.142
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.424
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.153
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.246
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.688
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.831
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.030
When I log in to a new session 11.375
And all notifications have disappeared 8.755
# 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" 0.195
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.510
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.160
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.477
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.346
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.886
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 7.911
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.236
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.370
When I try to enable persistence 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.981
When I log in to a new session 10.278
And all notifications have disappeared 8.712
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.484
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000