Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 20 21 Jun 2026, 08:15

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 21:10.365 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.753
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.819
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.757
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.369
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.950
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 8.783
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.394
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.227
And persistence is disabled 0.084
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.046
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 8.722
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.347
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.109
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.226
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.094
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.277
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.169
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
Tags: @product
28.705
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.535
And the system is very low on memory 3.355
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.167
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.613
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.103
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.329
And I free up some memory 0.820
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.733
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:45.217
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 8.625
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.292
And all tps features are active 5.014
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.934
When I disable the first tps feature 2.617
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.942
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.668
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.321
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
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12.860
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.386
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I disable the first tps feature 2.621
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.041
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.049
When I enable the first tps feature 2.453
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.081
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.913
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 enabled and logged in 7.367
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.048
And I disable the first tps feature 2.518
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.873
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.827
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 7.652
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 9.343
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.094
When I write some files expected to persist 1.138
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.705
# 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" 11.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.480
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.195
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 7.268
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 9.593
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.093
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.720
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.181
And I capture all network traffic 0.016
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.713
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.421
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.079
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.101
Tags: @product
38.286
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.612
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.075
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.437
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:54.471
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 8.806
When I enable persistence 18.133
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.750
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.344
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.322
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.224
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.539
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.127
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.134
When I cold reboot the computer 10.750
And the computer reboots Tails 35.508
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.300
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.217
Given I enable persistence 10.766
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.070
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.248
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.030
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
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2:9.449
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.663
# 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 26.415
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.795
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.473
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product
37.803
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 8.235
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.197
Then persistence is disabled 0.107
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.385
And all notifications have disappeared 7.831
When I delete the persistent partition 2.670
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.375
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:18.613
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 enabled and logged in 7.610
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.049
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.671
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.017
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.263
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product
47.038
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 7.796
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.079
When I try to enable persistence 1.167
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.085
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.789
And all notifications have disappeared 7.612
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.300
And all tps features are enabled 4.402
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:8.837
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 29.939
And I enable persistence 22.628
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.228
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.513
And persistence is enabled 5.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.129
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.215
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.400
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.513
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.653
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 8.144
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.022
When I enable persistence 10.065
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.633
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 7.911
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.663
When I try to enable persistence 1.270
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.333
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.405
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.149
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.473
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 7.615
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.302
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.033
When I log in to a new session 11.255
And all notifications have disappeared 9.265
# 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" 0.140
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.085
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.189
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.431
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.504
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 8.072
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.144
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.378
When I try to enable persistence 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.996
When I log in to a new session 9.890
And all notifications have disappeared 8.518
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.531
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000