Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 33 06 Jul 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 20:57.890 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.675
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 1:17.149
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.293
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.304
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.048
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 8.374
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.749
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.219
And persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.157
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 8.395
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.287
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.075
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.162
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 9.315
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.623
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.211
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
27.901
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 7.274
And the system is very low on memory 3.489
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.212
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.630
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.107
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.340
And I free up some memory 0.851
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.946
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.749
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 8.003
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.298
And all tps features are active 4.834
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.044
When I disable the first tps feature 2.516
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.855
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.546
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.825
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
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12.587
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 7.243
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I disable the first tps feature 2.530
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.054
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.042
When I enable the first tps feature 2.442
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.766
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 7.245
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 2.487
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.865
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.591
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 7.034
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 9.705
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.841
When I write some files expected to persist 1.069
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.339
# 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" 11.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.962
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 7.215
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 10.459
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.138
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.481
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.039
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 12.069
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.349
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.061
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.057
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38.382
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 8.497
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.088
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.678
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.464
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.383
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.709
When I enable persistence 16.642
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.667
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.172
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.291
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" 4.548
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.560
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.130
When I cold reboot the computer 8.599
And the computer reboots Tails 35.228
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.273
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.160
Given I enable persistence 10.527
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.075
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 9.105
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
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2:9.376
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 7.913
# 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 27.643
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.499
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.698
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.390
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
36.785
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 7.889
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.256
Then persistence is disabled 0.093
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.068
And all notifications have disappeared 7.508
When I delete the persistent partition 2.626
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.342
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:22.752
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.521
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.071
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.612
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.315
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033
Tags: @product
47.940
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 7.872
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.044
When I try to enable persistence 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.716
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.684
And all notifications have disappeared 7.464
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.308
And all tps features are enabled 4.706
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:8.812
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 31.011
And I enable persistence 22.615
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.131
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.640
And persistence is enabled 5.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.102
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 7.034
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 17.587
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.480
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.467
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 7.900
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.352
When I enable persistence 9.967
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.002
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 7.692
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.112
When I try to enable persistence 1.290
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.094
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.412
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.079
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.216
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.662
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 7.594
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.722
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.030
When I log in to a new session 10.541
And all notifications have disappeared 8.558
# 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" 0.198
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.443
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.162
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.257
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.784
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 7.390
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.792
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.311
When I try to enable persistence 1.216
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.157
When I log in to a new session 10.064
And all notifications have disappeared 8.545
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.630
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000