Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 23 24 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 22:23.366 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.385
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.756
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.532
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.305
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.168
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.757
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.942
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.286
And persistence is disabled 0.089
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:54.382
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 21.977
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.391
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.095
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.067
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.070
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.235
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.327
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.164
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
30.434
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.009
And the system is very low on memory 3.525
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.155
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.662
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.100
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.374
And I free up some memory 0.830
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.728
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:48.118
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.179
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.330
And all tps features are active 5.770
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.257
When I disable the first tps feature 2.594
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.043
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.587
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.473
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
13.237
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.769
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.087
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.106
When I disable the first tps feature 2.585
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.032
When I enable the first tps feature 2.416
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.999
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.239
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.084
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I disable the first tps feature 2.662
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.908
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.973
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.392
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 12.418
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.310
When I write some files expected to persist 1.176
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.416
# 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" 12.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:47.881
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.689
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 10.111
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.125
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.609
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.799
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 11.898
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.352
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.114
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.067
Tags: @product
41.512
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.037
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.079
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.362
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:58.223
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.696
When I enable persistence 18.139
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.004
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.167
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.406
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.340
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.607
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.558
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.167
When I cold reboot the computer 6.449
And the computer reboots Tails 38.691
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.303
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.188
Given I enable persistence 12.381
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.082
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.220
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.689
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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2:17.723
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.305
# 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 29.512
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.772
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.024
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product
39.039
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
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 log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.618
Then persistence is disabled 0.137
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.881
And all notifications have disappeared 7.763
When I delete the persistent partition 2.925
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.467
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:27.038
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.141
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.046
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.546
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.059
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
51.429
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.863
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.077
When I try to enable persistence 1.257
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.391
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.086
And all notifications have disappeared 7.982
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.271
And all tps features are enabled 5.024
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.475
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:13.341
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
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 31.157
And I enable persistence 25.306
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.580
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.688
And persistence is enabled 5.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.867
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
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 7.427
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.934
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.017
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.949
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.268
When I enable persistence 11.065
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.071
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.695
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.806
When I try to enable persistence 1.303
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.805
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.563
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.140
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.263
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.385
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.070
When I try to enable persistence 1.239
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.092
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.276
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 12.779
And all notifications have disappeared 8.792
# 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" 0.145
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.102
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.280
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.294
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.256
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.503
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.027
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.325
When I try to enable persistence 1.153
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.929
When I log in to a new session 11.331
And all notifications have disappeared 8.754
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.396
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000