Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 18 19 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 21:18.975 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.386
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.766
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.599
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.247
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.965
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 8.981
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.629
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.233
And persistence is disabled 0.083
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.161
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 8.530
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.356
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.117
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.534
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.625
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.710
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.182
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
Tags: @product
27.682
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 7.533
And the system is very low on memory 3.713
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.172
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.458
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.086
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.419
And I free up some memory 0.835
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.420
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.012
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 8.615
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.317
And all tps features are active 5.148
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.810
When I disable the first tps feature 2.565
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.016
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.981
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.814
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
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12.899
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 7.574
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I disable the first tps feature 2.544
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.057
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.052
When I enable the first tps feature 2.405
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.045
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.920
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 7.423
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 2.476
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.850
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.014
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 7.486
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 10.138
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.297
When I write some files expected to persist 1.015
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.011
# 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" 12.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.253
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 7.351
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 8.373
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.103
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.638
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.172
And I capture all network traffic 0.017
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 10.995
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.428
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.065
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.058
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39.783
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.967
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.085
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.558
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:51.569
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 8.959
When I enable persistence 16.587
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.568
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.253
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.360
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.196
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.478
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.817
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.125
When I cold reboot the computer 9.056
And the computer reboots Tails 35.401
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.227
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.162
Given I enable persistence 10.328
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.211
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.571
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
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2:12.970
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 8.500
# 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 29.338
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.636
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.525
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
Tags: @product
37.818
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 8.702
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.201
Then persistence is disabled 0.118
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.197
And all notifications have disappeared 7.616
When I delete the persistent partition 2.649
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:24.323
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 7.775
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.054
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.201
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.065
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
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49.312
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.246
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.131
When I try to enable persistence 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.525
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.908
And all notifications have disappeared 7.760
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.235
And all tps features are enabled 4.546
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:8.848
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 31.288
And I enable persistence 22.262
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.986
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.685
And persistence is enabled 5.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.325
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.192
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.588
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.918
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 8.580
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.426
When I enable persistence 10.470
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.371
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 7.852
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.369
When I try to enable persistence 1.304
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.402
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.358
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.135
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.821
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 7.821
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.104
When I try to enable persistence 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.023
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.145
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.031
When I log in to a new session 11.323
And all notifications have disappeared 8.518
# 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" 0.131
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.076
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.174
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.563
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.616
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 7.798
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.493
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.300
When I try to enable persistence 1.172
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.622
When I log in to a new session 11.102
And all notifications have disappeared 7.988
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.410
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000