Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 34 07 Jul 2026, 08:07

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 21:1.281 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.277
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 1:16.657
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.397
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.366
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.438
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 8.494
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.526
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.245
And persistence is disabled 0.108
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.333
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 8.301
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.279
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.107
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.722
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.081
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.391
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.184
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.191
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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28.642
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 7.364
And the system is very low on memory 4.269
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.187
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.599
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 2.338
And I free up some memory 0.826
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.923
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.542
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 8.106
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.279
And all tps features are active 4.865
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.049
When I disable the first tps feature 2.533
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.669
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.642
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.511
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
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12.548
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.319
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I disable the first tps feature 2.461
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.049
When I enable the first tps feature 2.413
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.676
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 7.225
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
And I disable the first tps feature 2.474
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.797
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.569
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 7.130
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 9.702
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.633
When I write some files expected to persist 1.150
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.349
# 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" 11.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.992
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 7.042
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 9.581
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.116
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.436
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.055
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 12.091
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.442
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.086
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044
Tags: @product
38.037
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.478
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.102
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.869
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:52.835
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 8.603
When I enable persistence 16.422
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.889
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.284
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.273
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.198
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.511
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.870
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.140
When I cold reboot the computer 10.333
And the computer reboots Tails 35.502
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.273
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.176
Given I enable persistence 10.251
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.208
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.670
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:13.869
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 20.463
# 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 23.311
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.294
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.748
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
Tags: @product
36.585
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 7.642
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.265
Then persistence is disabled 0.115
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.030
And all notifications have disappeared 7.425
When I delete the persistent partition 2.788
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.317
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:24.522
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 7.554
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.060
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.274
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.416
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
48.103
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 7.583
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.449
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.170
And all notifications have disappeared 7.819
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.341
And all tps features are enabled 4.790
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:7.750
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 28.995
And I enable persistence 23.135
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.744
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.582
And persistence is enabled 5.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.865
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 7.073
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.299
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.024
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 7.844
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.496
When I enable persistence 10.150
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.979
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 7.697
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.185
When I try to enable persistence 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.087
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.417
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.147
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.659
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 7.531
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.099
When I try to enable persistence 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.771
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.233
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 10.871
And all notifications have disappeared 8.697
# 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" 0.122
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.064
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.184
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.228
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.029
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 7.527
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.959
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.327
When I try to enable persistence 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.275
When I log in to a new session 9.075
And all notifications have disappeared 8.614
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.287
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000