Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 30 02 Jul 2026, 13:46

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 22:0.799 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.194
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 1:19.326
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.398
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.328
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.579
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 8.809
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.140
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.282
And persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:47.535
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 logged in 8.553
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.273
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.454
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.687
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.129
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.196
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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29.349
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 7.791
And the system is very low on memory 3.586
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.139
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.894
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.119
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.512
And I free up some memory 1.230
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.019
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:46.107
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 8.169
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.409
And all tps features are active 5.658
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.034
When I disable the first tps feature 2.597
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.758
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.398
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.100
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.411
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 7.871
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.075
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.081
When I disable the first tps feature 2.638
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.054
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.064
When I enable the first tps feature 2.449
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.942
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 7.204
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.085
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.075
And I disable the first tps feature 2.677
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.838
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.592
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 7.371
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 12.273
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.254
When I write some files expected to persist 1.153
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.479
# 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" 12.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:46.389
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 7.483
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 10.324
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.117
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.737
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.420
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.514
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.510
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.101
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.065
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41.611
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.660
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.078
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.539
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.334
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:57.519
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 8.742
When I enable persistence 18.257
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.673
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.739
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.347
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.268
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.541
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.765
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.169
When I cold reboot the computer 10.147
And the computer reboots Tails 36.170
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.246
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.204
Given I enable persistence 12.270
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.067
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.218
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.520
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
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2:13.076
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 8.543
# 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 27.951
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.912
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.645
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.318
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product
37.365
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 7.724
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.411
Then persistence is disabled 0.097
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.272
And all notifications have disappeared 7.817
When I delete the persistent partition 2.733
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.309
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:26.942
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 7.485
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.060
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.700
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.379
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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52.121
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 8.355
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.221
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.894
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.510
And all notifications have disappeared 7.735
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.290
And all tps features are enabled 6.475
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:12.701
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 30.423
And I enable persistence 26.304
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.866
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.660
And persistence is enabled 5.446
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.712
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 7.048
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.125
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.390
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 7.331
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.684
When I enable persistence 10.946
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.042
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.385
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.572
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 7.376
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.198
When I try to enable persistence 1.310
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.716
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.334
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.160
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.438
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 7.807
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.073
When I try to enable persistence 1.223
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.133
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 11.591
And all notifications have disappeared 9.587
# 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" 0.123
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.368
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.231
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.375
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.246
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 8.088
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.293
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.451
When I try to enable persistence 1.226
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.220
When I log in to a new session 10.623
And all notifications have disappeared 8.227
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.427
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000