Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 32 05 Jul 2026, 08:10

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 21:3.895 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.547
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 1:17.452
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.040
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.247
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.694
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 8.481
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.230
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.313
And persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.471
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 8.176
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.275
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.089
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.961
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.285
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.370
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.203
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product
27.413
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 7.217
And the system is very low on memory 3.214
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.179
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.456
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.110
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.367
And I free up some memory 0.850
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.979
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.303
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 7.945
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.320
And all tps features are active 4.960
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.891
When I disable the first tps feature 2.595
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.569
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.660
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.703
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
12.559
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 7.217
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
When I disable the first tps feature 2.462
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.034
When I enable the first tps feature 2.494
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.694
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 7.005
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
And I disable the first tps feature 2.496
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.024
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.305
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 7.009
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 9.631
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.871
When I write some files expected to persist 1.152
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.967
# 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" 11.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.446
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.509
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 7.221
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 8.426
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.139
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.484
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.497
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 12.138
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.381
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.063
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054
Tags: @product
38.446
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 8.275
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.082
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.716
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.371
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.294
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 7.972
When I enable persistence 16.526
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.578
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.098
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.388
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.248
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.513
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.216
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.150
When I cold reboot the computer 8.737
And the computer reboots Tails 35.500
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.289
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.177
Given I enable persistence 10.879
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.250
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.579
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
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2:11.962
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 7.736
# 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 28.304
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.515
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.696
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
36.667
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 7.568
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.921
Then persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.054
And all notifications have disappeared 7.954
When I delete the persistent partition 2.759
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:23.190
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 7.506
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.060
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.364
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.060
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
46.729
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 7.698
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.088
When I try to enable persistence 1.242
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.414
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.832
And all notifications have disappeared 7.543
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.344
And all tps features are enabled 4.630
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:11.194
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 31.143
And I enable persistence 23.344
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.593
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.613
And persistence is enabled 5.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.226
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 6.935
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.775
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.758
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 8.227
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.909
When I enable persistence 10.207
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.706
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 7.665
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.801
When I try to enable persistence 1.315
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.106
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.355
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.139
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.970
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 7.623
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.684
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.038
When I log in to a new session 10.771
And all notifications have disappeared 9.298
# 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" 0.428
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.544
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.157
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.380
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.248
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 7.598
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.208
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.362
When I try to enable persistence 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.702
When I log in to a new session 10.255
And all notifications have disappeared 8.878
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.347
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000