Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 21 22 Jun 2026, 08:22

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 22:31.056 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.026
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.128
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.767
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.337
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.767
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 9.886
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.798
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.267
And persistence is disabled 0.108
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:45.434
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 logged in 9.100
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.300
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.085
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.909
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.748
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.017
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.167
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product
30.665
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 logged in 7.714
And the system is very low on memory 3.775
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.295
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.627
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.111
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.388
And I free up some memory 0.808
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.888
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:52.702
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.027
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.709
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.363
And all tps features are active 5.335
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.399
When I disable the first tps feature 2.686
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.417
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.259
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.680
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
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13.390
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 8.011
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I disable the first tps feature 2.561
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.049
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.436
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.645
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 7.518
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.100
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.050
And I disable the first tps feature 3.010
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.911
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
48.803
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 7.610
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 13.304
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.320
When I write some files expected to persist 1.179
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.831
# 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" 12.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:48.300
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 7.579
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 9.977
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.149
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.884
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.162
And I capture all network traffic 0.018
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 11.875
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.402
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.116
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054
Tags: @product
43.250
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.310
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.072
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.300
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.392
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:57.714
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.052
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.682
When I enable persistence 18.232
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.116
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.817
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.377
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.274
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.580
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.455
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.168
When I cold reboot the computer 9.515
And the computer reboots Tails 36.820
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.290
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.162
Given I enable persistence 11.225
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.082
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.208
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.527
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
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2:14.928
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.028
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.519
# 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 24.534
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.257
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.411
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.367
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
Tags: @product
39.818
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 9.039
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.819
Then persistence is disabled 0.148
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.777
And all notifications have disappeared 7.818
When I delete the persistent partition 2.866
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.348
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:26.998
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 enabled and logged in 7.998
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.079
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.828
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.856
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product
51.779
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 8.613
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.712
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.118
And all notifications have disappeared 7.738
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.377
And all tps features are enabled 5.263
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:15.188
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 30.952
And I enable persistence 26.276
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.314
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.573
And persistence is enabled 6.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.169
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 0.058
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 7.463
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.326
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
35.791
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 8.368
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.911
When I enable persistence 10.976
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.075
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.337
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 8.180
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.770
When I try to enable persistence 1.290
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.957
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.190
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.466
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.189
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.551
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 8.443
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.248
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.751
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.033
When I log in to a new session 12.957
And all notifications have disappeared 8.742
# 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" 0.193
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.477
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.161
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.491
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.513
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 8.011
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.435
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.370
When I try to enable persistence 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.115
When I log in to a new session 10.140
And all notifications have disappeared 8.724
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.692
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000