Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 26 27 Jun 2026, 08:06

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 20:56.497 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.948
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.517
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.353
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.244
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.856
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.391
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.130
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.296
And persistence is disabled 0.109
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.485
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 8.541
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.324
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.125
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.144
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.500
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.573
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.181
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
28.443
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.362
And the system is very low on memory 3.262
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.224
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.623
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.094
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.355
And I free up some memory 0.765
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.690
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.795
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 8.117
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.280
And all tps features are active 4.945
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.044
When I disable the first tps feature 2.533
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.091
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.703
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.209
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026
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12.703
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 7.352
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.082
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I disable the first tps feature 2.474
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.043
When I enable the first tps feature 2.462
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.750
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 7.112
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.089
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
And I disable the first tps feature 2.574
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.874
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.087
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 7.028
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 9.700
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.796
When I write some files expected to persist 1.062
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.611
# 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" 11.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.126
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 7.066
And the network is plugged 0.052
And Tor is ready 9.674
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.130
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.383
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.976
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 11.243
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.391
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.084
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.074
Tags: @product
40.354
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 8.557
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.156
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.560
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:52.138
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.665
When I enable persistence 16.563
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.828
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.681
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.326
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.231
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.521
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.567
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.164
When I cold reboot the computer 8.706
And the computer reboots Tails 34.967
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.247
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.223
Given I enable persistence 10.977
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.065
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.246
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.041
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:7.868
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 8.108
# 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 28.062
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.403
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.265
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product
36.899
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.005
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.908
Then persistence is disabled 0.119
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.026
And all notifications have disappeared 7.715
When I delete the persistent partition 2.754
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:23.557
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 7.595
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.073
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.332
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.350
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
47.257
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.865
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.143
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.854
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.687
And all notifications have disappeared 7.762
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.293
And all tps features are enabled 4.747
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:8.553
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 30.293
And I enable persistence 22.968
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.501
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.506
And persistence is enabled 5.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.242
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 6.998
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 17.638
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.422
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 7.685
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.747
When I enable persistence 10.374
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.565
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 7.582
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.616
When I try to enable persistence 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.414
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.452
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.173
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.388
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 7.352
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.281
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 10.890
And all notifications have disappeared 8.640
# 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" 0.170
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.494
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.179
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.261
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.054
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 7.556
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.872
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.363
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.946
When I log in to a new session 10.338
And all notifications have disappeared 8.754
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.259
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 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000