Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 35 08 Jul 2026, 08:03

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 21:2.184 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.698
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 1:17.473
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.096
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.258
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.713
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 8.621
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.325
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.223
And persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.447
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.053
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 8.419
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.316
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.833
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.038
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.500
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.582
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.218
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
27.504
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 7.161
And the system is very low on memory 3.309
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.165
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.693
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.095
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.364
And I free up some memory 0.800
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.864
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.704
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 8.137
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.302
And all tps features are active 4.742
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.867
When I disable the first tps feature 2.462
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.643
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.810
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.165
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043
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12.732
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 7.455
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.072
When I disable the first tps feature 2.470
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.046
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.043
When I enable the first tps feature 2.423
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.670
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 7.057
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.106
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.088
And I disable the first tps feature 2.484
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.843
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.955
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 6.978
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 9.578
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.016
When I write some files expected to persist 1.103
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.288
# 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" 11.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.975
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 7.049
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 10.205
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.121
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.318
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.649
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 12.019
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.383
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.074
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.073
Tags: @product
39.027
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 8.384
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.083
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.108
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.451
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.500
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 8.352
When I enable persistence 17.414
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.580
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.155
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.338
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.253
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.488
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.859
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.158
When I cold reboot the computer 6.181
And the computer reboots Tails 36.207
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.333
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.233
Given I enable persistence 10.867
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.080
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.236
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.549
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:10.347
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 7.873
# 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 26.997
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.152
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.119
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
36.905
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 7.575
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.767
Then persistence is disabled 0.092
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.729
And all notifications have disappeared 7.734
When I delete the persistent partition 2.678
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:18.342
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 7.399
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.060
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.799
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.871
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
48.495
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 7.467
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.077
When I try to enable persistence 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.889
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.364
And all notifications have disappeared 7.757
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.249
And all tps features are enabled 5.161
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.363
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:9.680
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 30.102
And I enable persistence 24.188
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.385
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.531
And persistence is enabled 5.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.136
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 6.857
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.753
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
34.136
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 8.217
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.091
When I enable persistence 10.470
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.098
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.833
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 7.921
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.025
When I try to enable persistence 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.103
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.322
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.155
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.466
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 7.766
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.879
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.274
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 10.303
And all notifications have disappeared 8.577
# 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" 0.183
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.059
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.177
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.283
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.304
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 8.137
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.357
When I try to enable persistence 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.673
When I log in to a new session 10.242
And all notifications have disappeared 8.833
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.355
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000