Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 3 04 Jun 2026, 20:41

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 20:36.697 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.557
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.866
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.515
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.285
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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29.305
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.754
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.704
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.267
And persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.478
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.491
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.808
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.326
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.107
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.003
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.242
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.741
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.176
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product
30.270
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.682
And the system is very low on memory 3.247
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.192
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.940
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.085
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.354
And I free up some memory 0.905
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.797
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.385
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.301
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.343
And all tps features are active 1.265
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.508
When I disable the first tps feature 2.639
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.068
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.516
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.964
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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13.045
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.597
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.073
When I disable the first tps feature 2.570
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.042
When I enable the first tps feature 2.459
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
13.108
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.373
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.089
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.109
And I disable the first tps feature 2.592
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.900
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
44.515
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.258
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 13.651
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.212
When I write some files expected to persist 1.122
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.588
# 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" 12.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:43.215
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.521
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 9.859
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.147
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.533
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.378
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 11.209
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.378
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.053
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.059
Tags: @product
40.969
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.888
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.073
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.587
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.420
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:48.732
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.924
When I enable persistence 13.490
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.142
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.398
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.313
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.242
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.550
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.483
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.174
When I cold reboot the computer 8.728
And the computer reboots Tails 36.954
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.278
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.182
Given I enable persistence 7.086
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.079
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.311
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.186
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
2:5.792
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.092
# 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 26.414
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.955
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.401
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
38.455
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.055
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.793
Then persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.799
And all notifications have disappeared 7.697
When I delete the persistent partition 2.634
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.372
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:22.099
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.631
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.060
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.497
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.689
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product
40.710
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.150
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.664
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.680
And all notifications have disappeared 7.584
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.244
And all tps features are enabled 1.015
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.300
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:2.769
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 30.187
And I enable persistence 20.247
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.012
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.611
And persistence is enabled 1.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.041
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.218
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.230
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.221
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.722
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.107
When I enable persistence 6.732
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
24.009
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.833
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.629
When I try to enable persistence 1.255
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.495
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.371
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.096
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.159
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.507
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.784
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.190
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.498
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.253
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 12.114
And all notifications have disappeared 9.017
# 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" 0.134
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.089
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.219
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 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.490
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.530
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.572
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.386
When I try to enable persistence 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.229
When I log in to a new session 10.571
And all notifications have disappeared 8.910
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.348
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000